Multiplicity is a ceramics project exploring the forms and compositional nature of Morandi’s still lifes. The work considers individual objects both as discrete forms and as part of an overall composition, echoing the careful curation of his practice. The final selection reflects an ongoing dialogue with balance, repetition, and the subtle poetry of everyday objects.
Multiplicity
From all the objects created, there was a process of selecting, curating, organising, and continually considering and reconsidering the inter-relationships between them, and how they form a common language that connects them all. It is the language of the objects themselves, but also of their changeable composition depending on the space, light, and surroundings. These four vessels, in one way, have found each other, adapting to external circumstances and drawing the viewer into their own story.
The final object of the selective process was in the making as well. The objects, along the way, underwent their own changes. Some broke during wheel throwing, some broke during glazing, some accidentally carried parts of other vessels, and some lost and found their parts. This process allowed me to see life not only within humans but also, reflected in our own internal journey through these silent vessels. Losing ourselves and finding ourselves again, striving for perfection only to understand that embracing mistakes is far more beautiful, realising that carrying other people’s responsibilities can be light—and that makes us stronger - ultimately, to spin forever on a wheel is what life is about.