Traces was created during my undergraduate studies and marks an early stage in my exploration of the chemical relationship between chrome and tin. Through this series, I began investigating how the unexpected pink marks produced in the kiln could become a visual language within my work.

Using wheel-thrown porcelain forms, I coated circular ceramic rings with a chrome oxide mixture and placed them intentionally near tin-glazed vessels during firing. Instead of applying color directly, I allowed heat, distance, and chemical reaction to create soft pink traces on the surface.

These marks record an invisible exchange between separate objects, suggesting contact, proximity, and memory. As one of my first experiments with this material process, Traces became an important foundation for my later works exploring connection, influence, and the subtle marks left behind by unseen forces.