Sinae Kim
This is urine
“A collection of decorative vessels crafted, composed and glazed with human urine.”
This project explores the potential of human urine to create a new, more sustainable material for the ceramic manufacturing industry.
Each of us produces around 2 litres of urine every day, but with over 7 billion people currently living in the world today, that soon adds up to over 10.5 billion litres of urine that is produced every single day.
This project explores the potential of human urine, from extracting the minerals to produce clay, distilling it to form a natural glaze and eventually crafting ceramic vessels that nod to the origin of this humble, abundant and completely under-utilised natural resource.
Sinae hopes to not only create practical and viable end ceramic artefacts, but also question the ethics of disposing such a vast raw resource simply because of our own personal perceptions around what is considered to be a disgusting natural process and resource.