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Work Take a look at the various work of
Monique Visser, click on the triangle below. Also
have a look at the Dutch page for more pictures. |
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Artist statement. I want to petrify the alchemy of the cooking
process. A piece is only in harmony if all the ingredients (
rhythm, size, structure, texture and color) are fitting together like sweet,
salt, sour and bitter are fitting together in a dish. Being an artist or
being a cook is to me equal in intensity. To me, the ceramics is inspiring
the cooking and the other way around. My goal is to capture the fugitive into the clay. The beans and the seeds in the recipes in my
cookbook “Sfeerproeverij” are used in the fragments
of the pots, and germinate in the raw clay. After the germs are dry, the pot
has been fired on 1040 C; what's left is the pugs of the growing process. The
process is more important than the results. To support the raw clay, I use plaster moulds. In spite of the fact using moulds,
there is always a new unique form arising. I build with small basic parts,
repeating them over and over. The repetition makes the texture, structure and
construction, you can taste with your eye's. In my work color is coming from inside, or developed during the firing process, it's not something added later. Material is defining the color, sometimes because off addition from pigments and oxides. I only use glazes for catching the light. |