A profound and materially rich work by Danish artist Sidsel Winther (b. 1991), “Stones Are the Bones” is a linoleum print that meditates on time, decay, and transformation. The work draws on the myth of Kronos, the primordial god of time who devours his children in an attempt to suspend time and escape his own decay.
The image is imprinted in recycled clay — a medium composed of other ceramicists’ collapsed ideas and intentions. Soaked, re-welded, and compressed into new configurations, the clay is pushed beyond its natural limits, where its resistance creates cracks and fissures. These openings destabilize the hierarchy between material, image, and space, allowing the work to enter into dialogue with its surroundings and to gesture toward the cyclicality of creation and erosion.
Partially pigmented with rust extracted from discarded plumbing pipes, the surface carries traces of oxidation, time, and material memory, embodying the tension between permanence and decay. Motif, material, and space converge to form a physical anchor for fleeting processes — a frozen yet abstract imprint of time itself.
Sidsel Winther works with the earth’s materials as sedimentary deposits of bodies, time, and transformation. Through recycled clay — the dissolved remnants of others’ creative failures and ideas — she reconfigures narratives of longing, grief, and renewal. Her practice gestures toward the quiet structures that sustain life yet often remain unseen.
This linoleum print will complement many interior styles. A Modern, Antique, Classic, Scandinavian or an Art Deco home decor.
A profound and materially rich work by Danish artist Sidsel Winther (b. 1991), “Stones Are the Bones” is a linoleum print that meditates on time, decay, and transformation. The work draws on the myth of Kronos, the primordial god of time who devours his children in an attempt to suspend time and escape his own decay.
The image is imprinted in recycled clay — a medium composed of other ceramicists’ collapsed ideas and intentions. Soaked, re-welded, and compressed into new configurations, the clay is pushed beyond its natural limits, where its resistance creates cracks and fissures. These openings destabilize the hierarchy between material, image, and space, allowing the work to enter into dialogue with its surroundings and to gesture toward the cyclicality of creation and erosion.
Partially pigmented with rust extracted from discarded plumbing pipes, the surface carries traces of oxidation, time, and material memory, embodying the tension between permanence and decay. Motif, material, and space converge to form a physical anchor for fleeting processes — a frozen yet abstract imprint of time itself.
Sidsel Winther works with the earth’s materials as sedimentary deposits of bodies, time, and transformation. Through recycled clay — the dissolved remnants of others’ creative failures and ideas — she reconfigures narratives of longing, grief, and renewal. Her practice gestures toward the quiet structures that sustain life yet often remain unseen.
This linoleum print will complement many interior styles. A Modern, Antique, Classic, Scandinavian or an Art Deco home decor.
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