PorcelainMoon Ceramics: Project No. 4: "Souvenir from Hunt Museum"

This project was based around the idea of souvenirs and what a souvenir means to every individual in class. We all had to make a souvenir inspired by Hunt Museum and its collection.

The first thing, I went on the trip to the Museum and observed all 3 floors of collections and artifacts, meanwhile at the back of my head thinking what souvenir means to me and what shape it could take. After some time thinking and analysing I recalled that I have a huge box of envelopes at home, and those are not for sending away letters. They serve a different purpose. Every time I go away somewhere I collect all the memories in to those envelopes. All the sketches I make of things that appeal to me, various tickets, photographs, sugars from restaurants or cafes all go into the envelopes. This is the kind of souvenir I bring for myself from the places I visit and I show them to my friends if I want to share what I’ve experienced .

slightly modified envelopes

Once I decided on the shape inspiration for the souvenir now I had to choose what would make it the souvenir of the Hunt Museum. I kept asking myself, what would I put into my envelope if I was first time visiting the Museum? With that question in my head I tried to remember my first trip into the museum. From the first visit and to the present time the work that fascinated me the most was the painting of Suzanne Botterel by Leech. The technique I love the most. I myself like to draw and paint in that way, when the lines are visible. It has so much energy in it. The flower on this painting is very appealing to my eye.

Apart from this painting there were many other things that I liked, I would even say too many. But my intention was to keep my work clear and simple. I did not want to over complicate it with too many unnecessary details. Therefore I used patterns from different unrelated to each other works to decorate the rims of the envelopes but the main subject was the Leeches painting.