Specimen 20 - Echo Capsule

Specimen 20 – Echo Capsule

Artifact Log — Day 120

A compact vessel configured to retain residual signals rather than primary content.
Its asymmetrical form suggests directional intent — as if shaped by transmission rather than storage.

The reflective surface captures fragments of surrounding light, while the attached filament remains unsecured, trailing beyond the body of the object.
This extension functions as an echo path, implying delayed response or incomplete reception.

As an artifact, the capsule records aftermath rather than origin.
What it holds is not preserved memory, but the trace left after release.

Dimensions: W 15 cm × D 11 cm × H 10 cm
Materials: Stoneware, 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.