Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan by Maru Meleniou

Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan by Maru Meleniou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award nga Bronse in Disenyo sa Pinong Arte ug Instalasyon sa Arte Competition Category.

BronsePinong Arte· 2022

Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan

by Maru Meleniou

Client: Maru Meleniou Ceramic art &design lab

A' Design Award nga Bronse Winner in Pinong Arte Category

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The Design

About Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan

Ang Throbbing Stillness kabahin sa usa ka serye sa mga sudlanan nga nagsuhid sa abstract nga mga ideya, konsepto ug mga pangutana nga anaa. Ang paradox sa Throbbing Stillness mao nga imbes nga ang gipaabot nga gamit sa usa ka flower vase, kini nagpasabot sa paglungtad sa usa ka luna nga makahimo sa paglangkob sa dugang nga komunikasyon uban sa viewer. Pinaagi sa iyang organikong porma kini nakahimo sa paglabaw sa katig-a sa medium ug kini daw nagkurog sa kusog nga kusog. Ang porma ug kolor niini nagpasiugda sa mga konsepto sama sa kahaw-ang, potensyal, pagpalapad.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Bronse

Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Bronse, usa ka labihan ka prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa talagsaon nga mga disenyo nga gipaila sa pagkamamugnaon, kaabtik, ug kamatngon. Ang mga mananaog sa Bronse mga hanas kaayo ug makapahibulong nga mamugnaon nga mga artipakto nga nagpamatuod sa dakong kasinatian, imahinasyon, ug kaabtik sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga butang nga talagsaon ang pagkapropesyonal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Bronse naglakip sa labing maayong mga praktis sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya ug maayo kaayo tungod sa pagtagad niini sa mga detalye. Throbbing Stillness Ang Sudlanan nagtagbaw sa mga panginahanglan sa matahom nga paagi, nag-igo sa mga tinguha, nagbihag sa mga pagbati, ug nagdani sa pagkamausisaon.

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