Choosing Language
When I made this simple cylinder with the embossed Braille alphabet, i realized that I wanted language to be my niche in ceramics.
I decided to link my vessels to words whenever I could.
I began with cups simply and absurdly labeled : “clay cup” or “actual size,” or “exact replica.” I was going for a dead-pan minimalism. Years later, for an exhibition, I displayed the cups on a doll’s table I made of clay. A friend suggested the title: “Very Table Genius.”
In “Measuring Cup,” every label is “enough.” This piece was in response to a question about modern consumption: Would Americans recognize enough if they saw it?