UTSUWA

The Japanese word UTSUWA literally means vessel or container and commonly refers to any kind of cup, plate, dish or pot. Traditionally, ceramics have been made for the purpose of storing and using food, but also as part of a ritual. Besides the industrially manufactured products, the handmade is gaining interest again. The user‘s connection with a personally selected unique bowl will be much stronger and perhaps he will use it much longer. This could be a valuable way of sustainability. A collaborative project with the Icelandic artist Kristín Garðarsdóttir involves a different kind of container: an urn. Following her sketches and ideas, the urn was created and casted in porcelain. The plaster models and molds as well as a small series of end products were made in the studio in Eindhoven and there we are showing now also the different steps of the making process.