Throbbing Stillness Съд by Maru Meleniou

Throbbing Stillness Съд by Maru Meleniou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Бронзова награда A' Design Award in Дизайн на изящни изкуства и арт инсталации Competition Category.

БронзИзящно изкуство· 2022

Throbbing Stillness Съд

by Maru Meleniou

Client: Maru Meleniou Ceramic art &design lab

Бронзова награда A' Design Award Winner in Изящно изкуство Category

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The Design

About Throbbing Stillness Съд

Throbbing Stillness е част от поредица от съдове, изследващи абстрактни идеи, концепции и екзистенциални въпроси. Парадоксът на Throbbing Stillness е, че вместо очакваната функционалност на ваза за цветя, той предполага наличието на пространство, способно да побере по-нататъшна комуникация със зрителя. Чрез своята органична форма той успява да надхвърли твърдостта на средата и сякаш вибрира с жизнена енергия. Неговата форма и цвят подчертават концепции като празнота, потенциалност, разширяване.

The Recognition

About the Бронзова награда A' Design Award

Throbbing Stillness Съд е носител на Бронзовата награда A' Design Award — високо престижно признание, присъждано на изключителни дизайни, които се отличават с творчество, изобретателност и проницателност. Бронзовите победители са изобилно умели и поразително творчески артефакти, които удостоверяват богатия опит, въображение и находчивост на своите дизайнери. Очаква се Throbbing Stillness Съд да бъде високо ценен, възхищаван и обичан предмет, забележително професионален и иновативен. Този дизайн, спечелил Бронзовата награда A' Design Award, включва най-добрите практики в изкуството, науката, дизайна и технологиите и е отличен с вниманието си към детайла. Throbbing Stillness Съд великолепно удовлетворява нуждите, докосва желанията, очарова чувствата и привлича любопитството.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Throbbing Stillness is not the vessel that flowers will be beautifully arranged in. Throbbing Stillness is a vessel that aims to contain abstract ideas, thoughts and images. A vessel that contemplates the concept of "vessility".
Dimensions & Packaging: Height 40cm
Tags: Sculptural vessel, Naked ceramics, Contemporary Ceramics, Handbuilt ceramics, Raw minimalism, Slow design
Production Technology: It is a hand-build ceramic vessel, with the coiling technique, an ancient technique that involves creating forms without a pottery wheel, using the hands, fingers, and simple tools. That way small details, differences imperfections and qualities mirror the honesty of the creative process. A slow almost meditative process that after years of practise creates a unique relationship between artist and medium.
I used stoneware clay and painted it with porcelain slip, glazed and fired at 1220C
Design Challenge: The most challenging part was to work on the piece as much as I would not manipulate clay to the point that it would lose its properties and its own life and substance. To create an object that carries the message powerfully. An object simple in form and yet not simplistic.
Research: I am interested in the materiality of my medium and I wish to highlight its raw nature and properties. After practising with a variety of colors and glazes I realised that all this would be a kind of cover up, making it hard for the medium to carry its message. So I decided to move forward with my material being almost naked.
Inspiration: My inspiration comes from the book White by Kenya Hara, Zen Buddhism and the human body.
In the field of ceramics, one creates forms to contain the emptiness. The purpose of a vessel is to hold nothingness within, a purpose greater than its function. White is delicate, fragile and from the moment of its birth it is destined to be “polluted”. My vessel is not trying to be a perfect white, rather it carries a layering, in an attempt to search for a way to feel whiteness.
A vessel, a human heart, a vital organ, or a musical instrument always inhaling/exhaling, pulsating in a space of closeness and familiarity yet distant and unknown. A space out of time, far from personal feelings and agendas that is dedicated to personal contemplation.
Project Duration: Throbbing Stillness was created in 2020 in Athens, and was exhibited in Milan Design Week 2021 at 1000Vases
Operation Flow: Human beings are designed to communicate.
We define ourselves through relationships and interactions with our environment, with others, with the objects that surrounds us.
Throbbing Stillness is a unique object that aims to offer a space for connection, an invitation to interact.
Image Credits: Image No1, No2, No3 No4 Nikos Koustenis
Image No5 Maru Meleniou