Product name: Futuristic Punk Red-Sea Creatures, Morphology B, Black
About the product
Year of design: 2016
At the basis of this project, was a desire to preserve the value and quality of hand worked ceramics, in a manner which is more efficient within the manufacturing process. This is achieved by reversing the traditional order of the industrial manufacturing line – and shifting the manual work from the decoration stage - one before last in the chain of production - to the mold creating stage - the first in the chain of production.
In contrast with the conventional method of creating plaster molds which is based on a predetermined model, in this series, the molds were processed by hand spontaneously, using different drills especially designed for carving cavities in plaster. The combination of different drills and spontaneous free form work of the drilling processes creates a series of wares that share a common aesthetic born from the making process.
Each mold created is a limited edition, valid through the mold’s life span, and so – when the mold wears out, the series ends.
The development and work in negative was inspired by the concrete pieces of the ceramicist designer Gdula Ogen, Ran's grandmother, who worked for many years in negative sculpting with sand box molds and concrete casts.
Futuristic Punk Red Sea Creatures was commissioned by Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center for "Matter of Fact" curated by Johnathan Hopp and Maya Ben David.
The series includes different morphologies each one signed and numbered.
Details
Material: Slip casted ceramics with black underglaze glaze and clear glaze.
Size in cm (approximate sizes): 8H X 22W X 21D
Product type: Limited edition valid through the mold’s life span.
Notes: Product is handmade and as such might contain slight imperfection such as glaze puddles (please refer to pictures).
Shipping
Your order will be sent 3 business days after we receive payment for the items and shipping charges. Product ships via Israeli Post registered mail and should arrive within 14 days, depending on customers location. Customers will receive a tracking number after item is shipped.
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About Studio Gilli Kuchik & Ran Amitai
Welcome to the Kuchik & Amitai Ebay Shop!
Studio Gilli Kuchik & Ran Amitai was founded in 2009 by designers Ran Amitai (1980) and Gilli Kuchik (1983). The designers met and became a couple in life and in design during their studies at the department of Industrial Design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem Israel.
The designers believe in a design process based on hands-on research and experimentation with materials and technologies and finding new ways of interpreting traditional and emerging production methods and object morphologies.
The studio works in various fields of design and moves freely between the worlds of self-produced limited editions to mass produced design objects, whilst each of these worlds brings inspiration and context to the other.
Since its establishment the studio has worked with leading companies in Israel and abroad, won numerous design awards and has exhibited and been featured in exhibitions and design publication around the world. The works of the studio are part of Design Museum Holon’s permanent collection.
In the shop you can find items that range between self produced series, limited editions, one of a kinds and prototypes. All items are designed made and crafted by the designers in their studio in Tel Aviv.
Studio Kuchik & Amitai is located in Tel Aviv, Israel.