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Common Objective, Josh Scott
Common Objective, Josh Scott
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Pots are like people. Gestural qualities can make pots appear to move like people. They form groups in ways that people might. Repeated forms on a pedestal can appear to be in formation like a military unit. More importantly, pots perform specific jobs or tasks in ways similar to people.
Inherently, the job someone holds or the function of a pot will have an effect on perceived importance. A funerary urn may seem to be a more important form than a coffee mug, yet both are committed to specific tasks. This can be likened to a lineman and a doctor. …
Reliquary, Matthew Sloan
Reliquary, Matthew Sloan
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
I am interested in ritual – the rituals we inherit, and those we choose for ourselves.
By situating the everyday mugs, cups, plates, and bowls next to objects more closely associated with ritual and ceremony, I am suggesting that all of these are significant objects. On one hand, the tableware essential to the rituals of daily living we share at home, on the other, communion vessels and reliquaries are used to deepen a spiritual ritual shared by a community. Both rituals are important experiences worthy of introspection, and consideration.
This is why I make pottery. I believe that handmade objects …
Point Of Inflection, Jonathan D. Stein
Point Of Inflection, Jonathan D. Stein
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Images of Soda Fired Clay