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)
Photography and art direction: JG and Shi
HMUA: Laurie Deraps
Model: Anne Sao Leclerc, NEXT
Dress: Kate Turner
Ceramics: Pascale Girardin, Notakara, Po.Ro
* Merriam-Webster (n.d.). Vessel. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved December 10, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vessel
** Merriam-Webster (n.d.). Hold. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved December 10, 2020, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hold