Specimen 16 - Calibration Halo

Specimen 16 – Calibration Halo

Artifact Log — Day 071

A central core encircled by an external ring, positioned as a mechanism for alignment rather than containment.
The halo form implies measurement, correction, or ritualized adjustment — orbiting the body it seeks to stabilize.

Pigmented attachments interrupt the reflective surface, suggesting points of manual override or interference within an otherwise closed system.

As an artifact, the object documents a moment of recalibration.
Whether balance is achieved or merely simulated remains indeterminate.

Dimensions: W 24 cm × D 24 cm × H 20 cm
Materials: Stoneware, mirror glaze

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.