Apamemea Faatufugaga Maualuga · 2022
Throbbing Stillness O Le Vaa
- A' Design Award Apamemea 2022 in Faatufugaga Maualuga
- CLIENT: Maru Meleniou Ceramic art &design lab
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 12,339
- Verification code 5A177967C4 · Verify this award
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About Throbbing Stillness O Le Vaa
Throbbing Stillness ose vaega o se faasologa o va'a su'esu'e manatu fa'apitoa, manatu ma fesili e iai. O le faʻalavelave o le Throbbing Stillness o le nai lo le faʻamoemoeina o galuega o se fagu fugalaʻau, e faʻaalia ai le i ai o se avanoa e mafai ona aofia ai nisi fesoʻotaʻiga ma le tagata matamata. E ala i lona fa'aola fa'aola e mafai ona fa'asolo atu i le ma'a'a'a o le ala ma e foliga mai o lo'o tetete ma le malosi malosi. O lona foliga ma lanu e faʻamaonia ai manatu e pei o le gaogao, gafatia, faʻalauteleina.
About the A' Design Award Apamemea
O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Throbbing Stillness O Le Vaa, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Throbbing Stillness O Le Vaa e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Throbbing Stillness O Le Vaa e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.
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- 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
