


Client
Location: Houston, TX, United States
Completion date: 2022
Project Team
Artist
Falon Mihalic
Falon Land Studio
Assistant Designer
Fuko Nara
Falon Land Studio
Overview
ALLUVIAL is a geologic term to describe soils, gravels, and sand that have been shaped by water on the earth’s surface. An alluvial landform shows a history of water movement in rivulets and depositions of soils. These pigmented, textured wall-mounted ceramic sculptures evoke water movement across the earth’s surface. The wall is dry painted with a soft wash gradient of blue pigment to create a watery feeling background that amplifies the glowing edge of the niche wall.
Goals
The office requested a boldly colorful piece that interacted with the bright internal illumination of the niche wall. Layers of pigments and glaze on colored clay ceramic sculptures amplify the texture, form and shadow play across the surface of the entire work.