Qumran Collection

ceramic forms; chamotte clay and porcelain / 2024- still developed
different sizes; 9-27 cm H

photos: marta_kowalska_fotografia

The collection was inspired by the history of the ancient Qumran manuscripts, which were believed to have been discovered in clay vessels inside caves located near the ruins of ancient settlements by the Dead Sea.

These manuscripts most likely belonged to the Essene community and contain religious texts. Written in Aramaic, Hebrew, and Greek, they are dated to the 3rd–2nd century BCE.

When I think of these forms, I close my eyes and I am in a town in the Middle East, about 2,000 years ago, and I enter one of the houses. There, ceramic amphorae stand in the shade, and I can smell the scent of resinous incense in the air, mingling with the hot air.