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Torpedo Factory Artists' Association
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TFAA
Marcel Deolazo
The primary objective of work I am presenting is the exploration of the “drawn line” and how it can be used to continue my journey of “illustration” from two-dimensional pen and ink drawing styles onto three-dimensional forms of hand made ceramics and sculpture.
The presentation takes inspiration from the re-interpretations of Iconic Art and Chinese Wares of Yuan and Song Dynasties and the underlying symbolism of animals, figures and decorative motifs to illustrate historical ceramics, the desire to create a series of “Modern Day Artifacts” using a bit of humor to lighten the slight edginess of my work.
These vessels that tell stories that reflect today’s society:global warming, sexuality, minorities violence, mental health issues and segregation which are some of the themes illustrated onto these “ Modern day Time Capsules.”
The work further explores the use of mixing mediums with ceramics as a way to embellish ceramic pieces to make them lighter and with less technical problems of firing and the sometimes unwelcome outcomes of the kiln. Utilizing other techniques like paper machié, embroidery and quilting or sewing. I can enrich the embellishments and take the “drawn line”a step further by means of a sewn line or embroidered stitch. This also resolves many setbacks in engineering of how to hang or place a sculptural form which can be installed in an easier manner, with out the weightiness of only ceramic pieces.
The aim of my work is to educate the viewer and make them ponder about the arguments which I illustrate on sometimes historical forms with a bit of humor. A series of Modern Day relics that will be a reminder of what is happening in today’s society.
A social conscious of forms put on display
 Water World 2 |  Social Isolation 1 |  The Farmer's Daughter |  Studio #332 |
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