The artist believes in clay — in its ancient language that speaks across millennia; she believes in its ability to preserve the fingerprints of ancestors and transmit messages to those yet unborn. Irina Lapenko's sculptural vases are vessels of memory, where earth, fire, and time meet.
Each object is born from silence, from a space where personal history merges with the collective unconscious. The rhythmic texture of the ceramics resembles architectural reliefs or visual mantras. Cracks and irregularities on the surface become maps of time, connecting the past and the future.
In an era of digital speed, the artist chooses slow creation from fire. In a world of mass production, the value lies in handcrafted gestures. Her works are not just decor but reflections on eternity and fragility, a bridge between the sacred and the everyday.