Uriel Caspi

Urie Caspi’s work navigates the spectrum between vessel, body, and sculpture—transforming traditional ceramic forms into what he calls “embodied objects,” blending interior/exterior, color/shape, and light/shadow into ongoing morphological investigations. Deeply inspired by archaeological remnants from the Middle East, he fuses these ancient references with global cultural elements, engaging in what he terms an “inner excavation” to reveal narratives, memories, and identity sediments in his iconography.

 

Caspi revives rare traditional techniques like jarre à la corde and lustre glaze, ultimately combining them with digital fabrication to explore the limits of ceramic materiality. His refined Arabian lustre glazes, made with precious metals and reduction firing, create iridescent surfaces that often reflect the viewer, prompting interactive experiences. His large-scale installations—and immersive environments—challenge expectations of scale and form. They evoke movement and animate abstract shapes that inhabit space like living, hybrid organisms.