Raku Collection |
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2025 |
The Knuckles collection continues but a new playground begins: Raku. Where the flame writes its own story, and imperfection becomes truth. Through a series of Raku-fired sculptures and vases, the artist explores the dialogue between body and material, between physical effort and quiet contemplation. Each piece — shaped, fired, and marked by the unpredictable nature of flame — carries the traces of gesture and chance. Cracks, burns, and surface variations reveal a process that embraces both mastery and imperfection. This setting, infused with a Japanese-inspired atmosphere, resonates with the Raku technique and its core values of respect, perseverance, and balance. By transforming the room into a contemplative space, this Raku serie invites visitors to reflect on resilience, the beauty of imperfection, and the power of both clay — and the human spirit — to reinvent themselves through fire and time.
ᴋɴᴜᴄᴋʟᴇꜱ vɪ, ᴠéɴᴜꜱ (2025) stoneware white glaze raku firing
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Knuckles Collection |
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2025 |
A serie exploring strength, fragility, and transformation through contemporary ceramics.
Knuckles is a new collection that delves into the balance between force and vulnerability, inspired by the world of boxing. The collection takes its name from its handles — twin bones shaped by hand, one born of the right, the other of the left. A form remains from a gesture — the closing of fists, as in boxing. The subject disappears, leaving only the trace of movement, the silent joy of the fighter’s touch. Knuckles becomes a reflection on self-confidence, femininity, and the strength found in continuous growth.
The collection unfolds an unexpected venue where discipline, ritual, and energy meet.
ᴋɴᴜᴄᴋʟᴇꜱ ɪ, ᴠéɴᴜꜱ (2025) mixed stoneware ashes-based glazes high temperature firing
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Vénus Collection |
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2024 |
Echoing the first goddesses, the Venuses of the Neolithic are reborn here in a contemporary form.Once carved in stone, bone, or clay, these primitive figures embodied fertility, strength, and the memory of origins. Today, they transform. Less figurative, more abstract, these vases draw inspiration from the curves of the feminine body — soft lines that breathe, spaces that evoke life. Each piece becomes a landscape of matter: raw earth as a canvas for a unique glaze, revealing natural tones and the unpredictable beauty of fire. Ash-based glazes unveil organic textures, while subtle orange traces burn across the surface — a scar, a mark of passage, a memory of transformation. Both primal and intimate, the Venus collection celebrates femininity in its multiplicity — a gathering of collective stories. Each vase stands as a contemporary mythology, where hand, earth, and flame converge to shape new symbols of creation.
ᴠéɴᴜꜱ (2024) mixed stoneware ashes-based glazes high temperature firing
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Past exhibitions
Parcours d'Artistes (2025), collective exhibition, Le Chaudron, Kraainem, BE
Balai des artistes (2025), collective exhibition, La Chapelle, Brussels, BE
Vitrine des créateurs (2025), collective exhibition, BeCraft, Mons, BE
Village aux Artistes (2022), collective exhibition, Mehaigne, BE
Social Photography VIII (2020), collective exhibition, carriage trade, New York, US
3 × 4 × design (2018), collective exhibition, Hangar Art Center, Bruxelles, BE,
Provisoire et Définitif (2017), collective exhibition, LiveInYourHEAD, Genève, CH
ᴠéɴᴜꜱ (2023) mixed stoneware ashes-based glazes high temperature firing
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Aline Melaet |
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Artist, ceramist
Lives and works in Brussels, BE
Artist represented by BeCraft, I am a Belgian ceramist, curator, and typographic designer based in Brussels. A graduate of ENSAV La Cambre, my practice bridges fine arts and applied arts, informed by a Bauhaus-inspired artistic education and technical training in ceramics.
My work, primarily wheel-thrown, is marked by serenity, simplicity, and spontaneity. Its references span prehistory, antiquity, and the Middle Ages, while 20th- and 21st-century abstract art informs the formal qualities of my pieces. Through studying art history and craft, I explore connections across time, cultures, and techniques, integrating this lineage into contemporary practice.
I have also served as curator of the artist-run space Rectangle (2018–2021) and collaborated with institutions and artists such as Bozar, carriage trade (New York), ENSAV La Cambre, Kanal Pompidou, Waldburger Wouters, and John Armleder. These experiences reflect my interest in cross-disciplinary dialogue and the fluid boundaries between art, design, and craft.
Situated between sculpture and painting, my work emphasizes the interplay of technical skill, imagination, and universal discourse. By focusing on form, color, and composition, I create poetic and sensitive objects. Themes of femininity, citation, and abstraction are central, and each Venus embodies personal and collective mythologies, inviting viewers to reflect on contemporary social and cultural narratives.
Studio visit by appointment
Contact
aline.melaet@gmail.com
@alinemelaet
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