vessel

V E S S E L

is a meditation on what it means to hold, and what it means to be a body compelled to do so in both the figurative and the literal. Aesthetically inspired by the ceramic tradition of China — particularly the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan dynasty and the celadon ware of the Song dynasty — this collection encounters the philosophy of the female, orientalism, appropriation and reappropriation, and the history of a craft that materializes the gestures that carry our daily.

Each VESSEL piece is an intimate reminder of presence and essence —
of what is contained and what is free to flow.

vessel

ves· sel | \ ˈve-səl \
noun *

a curved container that is used to hold […] ;
a person who has a particular quality or who is used for a particular purpose

hold

hold | \ ˈhōld  \
verb **

to grasp (with one’s hands) ;
to bear, buttress, brace ;
to embrace, embosom ;
to contain (but also to accommodate) ;
to cleave (to whom? to what?) ;
to enthral ;
to possess ;
to intern — 

Woman is vessel
ergo — 

(to be woman is to hold)