ME MERAKI
Study 02

Cycladic Wind

Dry coastal grasses bent by the wind above a pale gravel shore, the sea glittering behind
Question

How can exposure and erosion become geometry?

Location:
Cyclades, Greece

Observation

Coastal rock in the Cyclades is shaped by a single persistent force. Edges facing the meltemi are rounded and striated; sheltered faces stay angular. The study records these asymmetries and translates them into vessel profiles where one side is 'exposed' and the other is not.

Erosion is treated as a drawing instrument: material is removed after forming, in the direction a prevailing wind would take.

Field Notes

Cushion shrubs and dry grasses on a stony slope above the water
Dry thistles on a hillside above the sea, islands fading at dusk
Dried flowers on a rocky cliff edge beneath a wall with leaf shadows, the sea below
Tall dry grasses on a coastal hillside, all bending in the same direction under the wind
Dry grasses and plant shadows against a plaster wall above layered rocks
Clear shallow water rippling over a pale limestone shore

Material Tests

  • MT–01Directional abrasion — leather-hard removal with graded abrasives, one fixed working direction per piece.
  • MT–02Asymmetry series — identical thrown forms, altered on one axis only.
  • MT–03Surface memory — how firing preserves or softens the abraded striations.

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