Vessels
Baby Blue
ceramic, cinder block 34.5" x 15" x 7.5”In this work the pedestal is part of the piece, illustrating a contrast of soft and hard, and removing the vessel from a clear context. There is a Farsi phrase of endearment inscribed just out of view, and partially scratched like the rest of the surface.
One Through Ten
2019ceramic
8" x 24" x 9"
Placed on a glass and cinderblock pedestal, the piece in inscribed with number 1-10 in both Farsi and English, and has three handles.
Looking for something better
2018ceramic
22" x 11" x 11"
This is a hand built non functional vase, based on Safavid era Ancient Persian ceramics, with two traditionally "pulled" pottery handles.
When one is not enough
2018ceramic
22" x 11" x 11"
This is a hand built non functional vase, based on Safavid era Ancient Persian ceramics, five traditionally "pulled" pottery handles.
Spout
2019ceramic
34.5x15x7.5
In this work the pedestal is part of the piece. It is partially thrown on a potter's wheel and partially hand built. It is based both on the vase form and on parts of the body.
Six, two on the back, four on the sides
2019 ceramic 50” x 38" x 38"This large ceramic vessel partially thrown on a potter's wheel and partially hand built, and has six handles. It sits on a pile of cinder blocks, emphasizing the significance of the hard industrial material and the uselessness of such a large, heavy and many handled "vase"
BALEH ON STILTS
2019 ceramic 65" x 12" x 12"A one handled non functional vessel, inscribed with the word "baleh" in Farsi meaning "yeah" in English. The vessel sits below the pine surface in a custom slot, attached to four bulky wooden legs, like stilts.
It’s a Bird (o’bol bol)
2024ceramic
A ceramic vessel with five handles tenuously attached but functional. It sits on a wooden table that is shimmed by two composit material shims, that act as additional feet. Inspired by a continued exploration of the Safavid vase and pitcher forms, it is an embodiment of hybridity, a celebration of failure and function, and an embrace of playfulness.
A vessel to carry (backpack)
2024ceramic
A ceramic vessel with six handles tenuously attached but functional. It sits on a wooden table, but suggest to be work like a backpack, to be carried with. Inspired by a continued exploration of the Safavid vase and pitcher forms, and of the itinerance of identity, it is an embodiment of hybridity, a celebration of failure and function, and an embrace of playfulness.