Angelo Vases

aka “DIY Baroviers”

    This series started back in 2022 inspired by an image of an object by Angelo Barovier from 1952 titled "Sculptural Vase with Eyes.” The formal ambiguity and surrealism of this work have haunted me ever since. Knowing I'll likely never see that object in real life, let alone hold it, I decided to make my own versions of it. Kind of like a cover song. I used the original as a springboard to practice different bit applications such as handles and wraps on a vessel form, and play with using the eye as a motif. I have also incorporated pattern work into the process to make each iteration unique from the previous one. This series allows me to blur the line between function and sculpture, a diversity I have always been interested in.