2018
Fragment(s), the limited edition, vase A, series 2
White biscuit porcelain, glaze, and 14k gold lustre
Edition of 4
Fragment(s) is an exploration and experimentation to capture the limits and the relationships between molding techniques, kaolin, firing and colors. This limited edition of porcelain vases captures the break and decay of a mold to reveal the beauty in deterioration and create a memory of what would otherwise be discarded.
The designers developed unique casting techniques to capture direct impressions of the residues of the porcelain industry of Jingdezhen setting forth a reminiscence of the history of the city and creating a new archeology.
As a conceptual project it is an intellectual recognition of the entropy of processes and forms, an incursion in time-honored practices and age-old shapes that become the memory of the fragment and a transgression of the tradition.
Fragment(s) also explores material and symbolic parameters in order to produce a post archeological iconography.
Words: Julie Progin
Photography: Tong