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Pottery 01 is the inaugural publication of the Applied Pottery Workshop, released in 2015. It serves as a curated documentation of contemporary ceramic art, focusing on the intersection of function, aesthetics, and narrative. A primary highlight of this volume is the work of Warja L (Warja Levä), a Finnish ceramic artist known for her distinctive narrative tableware. Her work in this issue explores the relationship between objects and storytelling, specifically through her "Royal" series and character-driven pieces.
Pottery is the curveball. Pottery is ancient, utilitarian, and feminine-coded (think of the hearth, the storage jar, the goddess figurine). But pottery is also a process of immense violence. You dig up clay. You beat it. You throw it on a wheel. You cut it. You fire it in a kiln at temperatures that would melt bone. If that clay cracks? You call it wabi-sabi and move on. Pottery is the art of controlled destruction. female war i am pottery 01 2015
The story follows a humble bricklayer named (or "Pottery"), who lives a quiet, unpretentious life in a remote mountain village. His peaceful existence is disrupted when his longtime friend, Chang-guk , arrives unexpectedly with his beautiful wife, Sun-hwa . Pottery 01 is the inaugural publication of the
The story follows , a devoted wife whose husband, Ha-rim , has gone blind following a tragic accident. Her work in this issue explores the relationship