Vessels
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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.