THE DERIVED VESSEL
2021 SOLO EXHIBITION AT CALVING UNIVERSITY
I AM EVOLVING THE VESSEL.
DERIVING THE VESSEL IS INFLUENCED BY THE CALCULUS EQUATION USED TO FIND THE AREA UNDER A CURVE - TO CUT UP A CURVE IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE WHOLE. THE SLICES REVEAL MORE INFORMATION, SHOWING WHAT WAS ALWAYS THERE BUT NOT NATURALLY SEEN.
THE BALANCE OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACE CREATED THROUGH SLICING VESSELS IS THE BASE OF MY WORK. I INNOVATE, EXPERIMENT, AND DERIVE THESE THROWN VESSELS. I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW OF WHAT THE VESSEL HAS TO OFFER, TAKING SOMETHING UTILITARIAN INTO THE SCULPTURAL. I AM CREATING SHAPE AND BLURRING THE LINES OF THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF VESSELS.
GRAPHIC DESIGN BY IZZY NUÑEZ
THE BALANCE OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE FORM IN VESSELS IS THE BASE OF MY WORK. INNOVATION, EXPERIMENTATION, AND DERIVATIVES WITHIN THE EXPANSION OF CERAMICS. SLICING VESSELS TO BLUR THE LINES OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR AND GOING FROM UTILITARIAN TO SCULPTURAL. THE EMPTINESS OF THE VESSEL CREATES ITS FORM, DRAWING YOU INTO WHAT’S NOT THERE.
THESE VESSELS COMMUNICATE A LONG STANDING TRADITIONAL CRAFT, BUT EACH VESSEL CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AS INDIVIDUALS. TOGETHER THEY MAKE UP A SMALL COMMUNITY STANDING TOGETHER AND LOOKING OUT. THIS BECOMES A PERFECT GATEWAY TO THE EXPLORATION, TRADE, AND DOCUMENTATION OF PHYSICAL SPACE AND MENTAL STATE. EACH SUBTLE MOVEMENT I MAKE WHEN CREATING EACH PIECE IS DOCUMENTED IN WHAT, THROUGH FIRE, BECOMES STONE. EACH CUT I MAKE REVEALS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PIECE AND THE QUIET EMPTINESS INSIDE. I WANT THE VIEWER TO DIVE DEEP INTO FORM - TO GET LOST IN NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACE AND BE ENRAPTURED BY THE SHADOWS THE VESSELS CREATE.
THIS IS A SPACE OF ABSTRACTION, A PLACE TO FIND PEACE IN FORMS.
THERE IS PLENTY OF SUBTLE KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN BE REVEALED IN A SINGLE SLICE.