Louis Marak begins each piece with a full-size drawing that is transferred onto clay slabs and used as the pattern to cut the slabs and build the sculpture. His subject matter deals primarily with containers and containment.His surface decoration is precise, created using ceramic slips applied in several layers to create optical illusions and perspective. Marak airbrushes the darker areas of his pieces.
Thetrompe l'oeil decoration, in combination with the related sculptural elements, further tricks the viewer into reading 2D and 3D images as one composition. Reoccurring motifs include fish, hands, and water.
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