"There's a city beneath our streets"

Managed to get a chance to fire some old maquettes I did in uni based on sewers and underground tunnels that get forgotten about.  I guess it's not really worth much now, but it's nice to think that there isn't another one of these anywhere in the world, but seeing the potential in them that I never realised is quite sad in a way.

At least they look super close to the original designs (top right corner there). I can't remember what the yellow is but it's a shame the brown stuff didn't flux properly, but that could just be down to my crazy kiln and its loath for functioning normally. It's not really very professional of me to say that I mixed some unquantified measurement of borax frit and a random something from one of the big boxes in the glaze room.

Note to self: create a digital library of test tiles for easier future reference.

'Spomenik Revolucije' by Dusan Džamonja in Podgarić

It went viral about a year ago, under various titles such as 25 abandoned yugoslavia monuments that look like they're from the future but I can't get over how much I love this image. It's been taken from the book 'Jan Kempemaers: Spomenik' and I really wish I could afford it. The decay makes it look weirdly beautiful, like a forgotten relic from an ancient civilisation.

The monument was designed by Dusan Džamonja in 1967. After a brief glance at some of his other work I started to realise that his design aesthetic is rather appealing to me, and then after reading a short biography I realised that he died in 2009 aged 80. I always find out about these people way too late.