Sonia Leimer: Ela Nord

Sonia Leimer & Ela Nord

FAT LAVA, 2020

Yellow and black ceramic money box with rough surface texture standing on the ground — FAT LAVA, Sonia Leimer, 2020

Pendant made of a square black glazed ceramic piece on a heavy reddish leather strap — "FAT LAVA XL 2", glazed ceramic, aluminium, leather strap, steel buckle

Made especially for their collaboration, Sonia Leimer brought the jewellery artist some ceramic pieces much smaller in size, compared the larger-sized ceramic pieces that she usually produces. Since she didn't want to drill holes into them, the jewellery artist developed a cover made of silver to fix and hold ceramic elements. The results are archaic-looking amulets attached to heavy leather straps that appear as relics from a past-distant culture.

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”FAT LAVA”
Glazed ceramic, silver 925, leather, steel buckle, 2020
Edition: each pieces is unique, S 12 + 6 AP , L 12 + 6 AP, XL 12 + 6 AP

Pendant made of a rectangular black glazed ceramic piece with a silver cap, part of the ceramic is natural reddish, it hangs on a heavy reddish leather strap; the glaze "Fat Lava" looks like the surface of the moon — "FAT LAVA L 1", glazed ceramic, silver 925, leather strap, steel buckle, unique piece

Pendant made of an elongated black glazed ceramic piece with a silver cap, the glaze "Fat Lava" looks like the surface of the moon — "FAT LAVA S 4", glazed ceramic, silver 925, unique piece

Pendant made of a rectangular black glazed ceramic piece on a heavy reddish leather strap — "FAT LAVA XL 1", glazed ceramic, aluminium, leather strap, steel buckle

Young man wears a short necklace with a silver ceramic pendant over a black T-shirt, his look is serious — Artist Nick Oberthaler with a Sonia Leimer necklace made from ceramics, silver and leather

Student Nadja Cabana wears a short necklace with a silver ceramic pendant over a knitted sweater, she laughs heartily — Nadja Cabana with a necklace from the collaboration with artist Sonia Leimer

Young woman wears a short necklace with a silver ceramic pendant over a knitted sweater, her arms are folded behind her head — Nadja Cabana with a necklace from the collaboration with artist Sonia Leimer

FAT LAVA Kacheln (2020)

The black surface of the wall piece FAT LAVA was achieved using “fat lava” glazing, a style originally developed in response to the (former) West German craze for space-age design in the post-war period. The mostly dark, encrusted formations and swollen glazes recall the lava and crater-like surfaces of distant planets. This style thus reflected the utopian desire for an era of economic progress and prosperity. Leimer’s works Spardose are likewise rendered with fat lava glazes and resemble the floor vases popular in the 1950s and 60s. Here, however, thin slits subtly shift their meaning, transforming the objects into money boxes to be filled with coins. By repurposing these vessels, Leimer provides a tongue-in-cheek commentary from today’s perspective on an era whose infallible faith in the future now seems rather naïve.

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