Take Confession
The body is a ruin. The work begins where flesh fails — in the grotesque architecture of bone, the slow collapse of sinew, the shapes left behind when something sacred goes wrong.
I am drawn to the horror that lives in the familiar — a jaw unhinged, a hand corrupted, skin that remembers a form it can no longer hold. These are not representations of the body. They are confessions extracted from it.
The Penitent Speaks
River Gleichsner is a self-taught sculptor and ceramicist working primarily in hand-built stoneware. Operating as Rat Queen Studio, their practice is rooted in the body horrific — exploring deformation, decay, and the sacred through clay. What formal knowledge they carry was shaped by the few good teachers willing to share their craft.