Twenty Twenty

This series of pieces was made between 2020-22, during the pandemic.

At first, the shells were chosen, somewhat arbitrarily, as interesting shapes for slip-casting. There was also a logic where, the word porcelain comes from the Italian ‘porcellana’ meaning cowrie shell. As time went on and lockdowns began, I became more aware of their significance as memento mori.

The colours may have echoed the rainbows which became ubiquitous, but Nocturne also had this dark connotation. Lockdown made time seem elastic. Blue Hour, and Three stages of Twilight reflected this. Nature was encouraging. With personal associations, Heavenly Blue started as a memory I wanted to bring into focus. These exquisite structures, which only live for a day, seemed extraordinary at the time.

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