@artvangarde: Adèle Gervaise is a French sculptor whose work transforms ceramics into living musical instruments. Inspired by ancient Huaco whistle vessels from pre-Columbian Peru, she reinterprets this forgotten technology through contemporary sculpture. As water moves inside the ceramic chambers, trapped air is pushed through hidden channels, producing haunting, organic sounds without any electronics. Each piece becomes both a sculpture and a sound performance, inviting viewers to experience the invisible relationship between air, water, movement, and acoustics. Her work reconnects ancient craftsmanship with contemporary art, turning simple physical principles into poetic, interactive experiences. #art #avantgarde #artist #sculpture #niche

Jennnifer :

are the souls ethically sourced?

Shart Aznable :

“What instrument do I play? The screamwheels.”

OZen :

Do you get your materials from this guy?

bellabitchface :

what do you do? "i sculpt the nightmares you get when you have a fever."

Austin 👁👁 :

vessels of suffering

oafgeek :

Wow. I can tell it's art because I am having a reaction to it

asta :

reminds me of south American whistle pottery. really cool 😲

Shesabrik_house5 :

Do you have to buy the trapped souls separately orrrr?

ᴸⁱˡ ᶻᵒˢᵐᵃ✭ :

✨candle🔮 :

How many souls to make one

aprilart81 :

Kinda reminds me of these things

✨type b goblin✨ :

the comments are so focused on the sounds I cannot help but want everyone to notice the one where you have to grip its toes — I am so much more uncomfortable with the toe hand holding than the sounds HAHAAH

Molly :

Are the little feet completely necessary?!?

🐈‍⬛ :

hate the fact she's holding it by the grippers, but cool nonetheless

‧˚₊*̥♡Gail Louise♡*̥₊˚‧ :

Horrifying, great job x

Kahali :

this is awesome!

_death_of_rats :

it comes with a curse, my favourite

lucas680 :

Le premier son:

lunchjournals :

Beautiful. Stunning. I hate it.

Alexandru Constantin :

someone will discover these after a few thousands of years and they will not get a clue..

KeltanaO’wisp :

But… but in order to get the sounds right you need to sculpt and test before firing and the pitch changes after firing… and it’s not just one chamber… DO YOU ALL KNOW HOW IMPRESSIVE THIS IS!?!?!? 😳 How many trial and errors, how many broken mistakes, how much of a study and hyper fixation this would take?!?! 🤯

Adèle :

I cannot for the life of me understand how the sound is produced from these insanely cool sculptures. they look and sound like they belong in horror movies. sooooo cool

hoit :