Garden (Feast) of Paradise
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works in the exhibition
Sarah Heitmeyer
Hexa Star Collection
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Glaze
Measurements:
5.5" x 36" x 36"
Date:
2018
Description:
The breadth of exquisite geometry, beauty and logic found in Islamic cultures is incredible for a crafts person working in the decorative arts. My fascination with ornament brought me here, as dividing space through transcendent geometry creates objects for ornamentation, such as tile, architecture, or a vessel.
This synthesis of a facade of decoration and structural form mirrors the duality of Islamic patterns representing tangible complexity and unknowable beauty. As I reference these undeniable examples of craft mastery, my intention is not the recreation of a pattern or aesthetic, but finding a visual eutectic between pattern and structure.
The garden brings nature's embellishments into a controlled space in which it can flourish and test its boundaries. Beginning with geometrical constraints and using construction techniques from computer aided design results in uniquely self-referential, yet contemporary arabesque forms, capturing movement, botanic growth, and rhythm.
Julia Galloway
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Slip inlay, Gold luster
Date:
2018
Description:
Recently I have been researching endangered species. I am interested in making something unseen to be seen. For the most part we have little understanding of what species are in peril. Fish are a vulnerable population as they are difficult to see and study. The ocean is generally not under the stewardship of a specific country, so there are few regulations to protect habitats. As of today, there are nineteen species of fish of north American that have gone extinct or are severely endangered since the industrial revolution.
This collection of plates is a garden of clouds, a heaven for fish. I wanted to make an environment for extinct species to live out their days, to not disappear, metaphorically - a place to call home. The cloud plates represent heaven to me, and I wrapped each fish in gold to signify the value of each species.
I have always loved the lush quality of ceramics from the middle east, and the sense of abundance and Eden often portrayed. I have been influenced by the innate sense of pattern and order in the pottery, architecture and gardens of the middle east and find some solace in a structure. My own aesthetic has been influenced by studying middle east ceramics and I find great beauty in this pottery.
I am interested in displaying pottery in non-traditional ways to help convey ideas in the work. This does not diminish the utility of the objects, rather, its gives the viewer and ultimately the user a different understanding of the pottery. When pottery is on display in a gallery, it is a rather short flash point in the life of that piece, however, it has an effect on how we understand and experience the work. I hope by arranging the work in this exhibition, the viewer/user can take this idea home with them, a small piece of heaven.
Julia Galloway
San Marcos Gambusia
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Longjaw Cisco
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Snake River Sucker
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Utah Lake Sculpin
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Clear Lake Split Tail
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Whiteline Topminnow
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Deep Water Cisco
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Harelie Sucker
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Scioto Madtom
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Thicktailed Chub
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5"x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Las Vegas Dale
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Phantom Shiner
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Pahranagat Spinedale
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Maryland Darter
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Black Fin Asco
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Santa Cruz Pupfish
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Julia Galloway
Silver Trout
Medium & Materials:
Porcelain, Gold Luster
Measurements:
10.5" x 8.25" x 1"
Date:
2018
Ibrahim Said
Ibrahim Said
Magnolia
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware
Measurements:
22" x 22" x 53"
Date:
2018
Ibrahim Said
Devotion
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware
Measurements:
26" x 21" x 63"
Date:
2018
Ibrahim Said
Fountain
Medium & Materials:
Earthenware
Measurements:
10" x 20" x 44"
Date:
2018
Sanam Emami
City, Garden, Veil
Medium & Materials:
Clay, Glaze, Cardboard
Date:
2018
Description:
I wanted my contribution to this collaborative project entitled Garden (Feast) of Paradise to feel like a work in progress. I was thinking about a mosque I visited in Iran that has been under construction for centuries. The building was never completed. Generations of artisans continue to work on the building but it remains a work in progress. The sacred space of the garden is also a work in progress, highly curated and cultivated but also elusive.
Aerial views of the main city square or meidan in Isfahan are the blue print for the shapes of individual pieces and the composition of the whole. The large floral and geometric dishes were brushed with thin coat of terra sigilatta. This surface creates a veil. The piece celebrates the creativity and ineffable beauty of the ancient Islamic garden and is also ab Iranian family portrait. The pressed patterns embedded in the clay are an attempt to record memories of a shared familial past that no longer exists except in stories and old photographs.
Dominique Ellis
Installation View
Installation View
Installation View
Installation View
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