Nina Salsotto Cassina is the artist behind the project Unurgent Argilla. Her round pieces are made of clays and rocks gathered by herself. The resulting piece after firing is a tribute to its place of origin: Pantelleria, Mount Stromboli, Mount Etna or Mount Vesuvius. She captures the creative and geological processes that gave birth to each piece.
17. Poesis
Place du Marché 15
1227 Carouge
022 344 44 00
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (8)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (8)
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.6" - Kaolinitic clay and volcanic sand from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1240°C - 2021 - 14 x 14
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.6" - Kaolinitic clay and volcanic sand from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1240°C - 2021 - 14 x 14
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (11)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (11)
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Volcanic rocks in Pantelleria
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Volcanic rocks in Pantelleria
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (7)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (7)
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Samples of volcanic rocks foraged in Pantelleria - 2021
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Samples of volcanic rocks foraged in Pantelleria - 2021
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (12)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (12)
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Processing nephelinite rocks from Mt Nyiragongo
Nina Salsotto Cassina - Processing nephelinite rocks from Mt Nyiragongo
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.10" (detail) - Stoneware and rhyolite from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1250°C - 2021 - 20 x 20
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.10" (detail) - Stoneware and rhyolite from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1250°C - 2021 - 20 x 20
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (9)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (9)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (13)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (13)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (10)
PCC2022_Poesis©Fondation_Bruckner-Aline_Bovard_Rudaz-web (10)
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.4" - Kaolinitic clay and volcanic sand from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1240°C - 2021 -19 x 21
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Pantelleria n.4" - Kaolinitic clay and volcanic sand from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1240°C - 2021 -19 x 21
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Vessel and the rock that made it" (Pantelleria n.11) - Stoneware and Pantellerite from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1250°C - 2021 - 17 x 18
Nina Salsotto Cassina - "Vessel and the rock that made it" (Pantelleria n.11) - Stoneware and Pantellerite from Pantelleria - Fired in oxidation at 1250°C - 2021 - 17 x 18