Specimen 08 - Intake Vessel

Specimen 08 – Intake Vessel

Artifact Log — Day 044

A vessel-like structure configured for intake, without defined output.
The form suggests containment under sustained pressure.

Reflective glazing interrupts visibility and orientation, while the neon element introduces a non-ceramic intervention — functioning as conduit, tether, or signal.

As an artifact, the object documents a system that absorbs without release.
Its purpose remains undefined.

Dimensions: W 6.5 cm × D 6 cm × H 9 cm
Materials: Stoneware, glossy black glaze, mirror glaze, neon rope

Unearthed Artifacts: Post-Cyberpunk Relics from a Forgotten Future presents a series of ceramic works that sit at the intersection of speculative archaeology and cyberpunk futurism. Vancouver-based artist Wilson Makgawinata forms these bulbous, pressure-like vessels through a hybrid process of wheel throwing and handbuilding, pushing clay beyond its familiar functions. Small modular components such as screws, plugs, and spherical nodes are slip-cast and integrated as functional-looking attachments, creating a visual language of connectors, ports, and interfaces.