Scarlette Cieslak

Churchlands Senior High School

Year 12

Ceramics

30 x 30 x 30 cm

When creating this piece, we were asked to explore themes of identity. I’ve had a somewhat distant relationship with my Polish heritage, but I have always wanted to explore it more deeply and gain a better understanding. I also have a love of horror and fantasy monsters such as vampire, zombies, skeletons and such, Junji Ito being a favourite horror artist. Within Polish folklore there is a creature known as the Vjesci — a vampire-type monster. I saw this creature as a way to combine my culture and my love for horror so I based the majority of the form on a vampire reaching out to bite something — or someone.