“The meaning of a text is not determined by the author’s intention, but rather by the reader’s interpretation.”
The meaning of an object is not determined by its maker, but by the person who encounters it.
Roland Barthes | 1967 | The death of the author
My work almost always begins with a thought that finds its shape first on a page, then completes in the physical form of a pot.
The chipped tableware is reimagined through a meticulous arrangement of fine coils, light in weight—a contrast of the sturdy, thrown tableware. The edges of the work are reconstructed through a deliberately pinched process, leaving the rim raw and sharp, The glaze is applied in thin layers, using a dry hog hair brush or scraps of old newspaper, so to retain the papery texture of the bisque pieces underneath.
¹ read through the influence behind the vessels here on my Substack.
