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WEAVING VESSELS

Weaving Vessels are a set of objects that facilitate the wrapping of copper wire as an alternative way to decorate ceramics. Making Islamic inspired patterns and applying them in an unorthodox manner.

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Projecting patterns on to each ceramic body, allowed for the positioning of “anchors” which would hold the wire. Each one playing a functional role in the application of the copper.

 

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Initially shiny and straight, the copper pattern warps within the kiln as the firing burns it into the clay body. Turning the functional anchors into purely aesthetic remnants of a process, outlined with newly formed black lines. 

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