Chiara Ricardi

My current work in progress, Cabinet of Curiosities, is a kind of Wunderkammer made of small biomorphic porcelain sculptures, conserved under glass domes.

These porcelains evoke imaginary marine organisms, like radiolaria and diatoms, thanks either to their shape and geometrical structure or to the material they’re made of. The sculptures are classified in many imaginary species according to Linnaean taxonomy, using binomial nomenclature of genus and species (both invented although plausible).