A small collection of ceramics is easier to understand with the cupboard open. On the pleasure of handling a pot, the marks left by use, and deciding what deserves another year on the shelf.
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Still life
Objects brought together on a table or found already arranged in the street. Studies of the spaces around them, their outlines, and the traces of use.
The stories
A title has to make sense before the first paragraph is available to help it. A short note on naming a piece, reading it out of context, and leaving the right amount unexplained.
A window gives the same room a different set of conditions every hour. Following a small studio arrangement through an afternoon, with attention to the reflections and shadows that keep refusing to stay in place.
A still life begins to change before another object enters the frame. Moving a bottle, lowering the camera, or leaving more room beside a bowl can alter the whole arrangement. Notes from a tabletop where small adjustments remain visible.
After closing time, a shop display has fewer distractions around it. A brief look at the objects left under a small light, and the reflections that keep the street inside the picture.