An installation at the end of a two-week Object in Context ceramic course at Ox-bow School of Arts and Residency in Saugatuck, Michigan.
Playtes, Bowls and Cups was an attempt to render breakable ceramic tableware "child-proof" by re-contextualizing them as play tools for a sand pit! The assignment was to make them site-specific to the Ox-bow campus. The forms and glazes of each plate/cup/bowl were inspired by some of the brightly colored studios and cabins on the Ox-bow campus and are named after the same. The source of inspiration seemed fit for vessels that would then again be used to build new structures in the sand.
Playtes, Bowls and Cups was an attempt to render breakable ceramic tableware "child-proof" by re-contextualizing them as play tools for a sand pit! The assignment was to make them site-specific to the Ox-bow campus. The forms and glazes of each plate/cup/bowl were inspired by some of the brightly colored studios and cabins on the Ox-bow campus and are named after the same. The source of inspiration seemed fit for vessels that would then again be used to build new structures in the sand.