Selina Baumann is known for her biomorphic, organic ceramic sculptures. Some are reminiscent of jellyfish, bacteria or alien creatures. Others are columnar and over two meters tall, surrounded by bulging weaves. For Selina Baumann, her sculptures are, as she calls them, “mystical creatures”. Although they are made of hard and heavy ceramic, the sculptures seem to be in constant change, they are characterized by the imperfection. They are crooked and appear unstable, almost as if they were unfinished. Selina Baumann herself says: 

 

“I don’t want to create anything pretty. The viewer should be bothered by my sculptures and should feel the need to touch the sculptures and straighten them out.”

 

This literal understanding of their essence allows the viewer a haptic experience: Is the surface porous and rough or smooth and cool? And what does this touch do to you? Selina Baumann herself takes a very physical approach to the manufacturing process. She perceives the powerful processing of the soft clay with her hands as a dialogue with a friend. Sometimes their hands form, sometimes the sound determines the form. Under Selina Baumann's hands, the material made of earth develops a life of its own, the being urges to take shape.