Forms and Shapes
Every time you visit a curator- the first thing that they are interested in knowing is - how are you different. You believe that your work is different till the time it belongs to your wheel or kiln but the moment you put a price tag to it, the big question is how are you different. Now to define that “different”, you need to go through the process of making it. It is only when you create thousands of works - you understand what makes your work unique besides the regular theorem of handmade pottery where each work is unique and can not be replicated. I have personally made a lot of effort to not get under this pressure of being creative and unique while making my work. Keep creating work and you will find your masterpiece- and trust me there is no shortcut to time and experience! The two technically and operationally distinguishing factors to my understanding are - designs and glazes. I have experimented a lot with glazes, failed a lot of times to get a sense of few glazes that work well in a certain way. I like minimal designs because I feel the more frills to work - the more reasons for your brain to work on it! Keep it minimal and your brain will never get bored of it. I enjoy classics in my space and believing that is my core - I like being close to it. I do enjoy forms that are inspired by history - the ancient forms that I like to immerse in - I remember even as a kid that inspiration that I draw from forts, museums that I visited to. I like my shades and textures for the inspiration from jungle - it could be the colours of those birds and textures of the earth- everything comes together for me to take a physical form at the Wildflower Studio.