Recite is composed of 99 hand-thrown and hand-painted porcelain plates. The patterned plates collectively present a contemporary interpretation of motifs sourced from historic textiles at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. The viewer’s eye moves through the cascade of plates from left to right following a patterned deconstruction of the original 18th century export Indian Chintz. The viewer is encouraged to focus on smaller and smaller components of the original pattern by separating out individual florals as the piece opens up to the right. A pink glow emanates from behind the plates treated with a neon painted surface that makes for an unusual aura around each plate acknowledging the sculptural space between the plates and the wall.

Materials: 99 hand-thrown and hand-painted porcelain plates with underglaze and glaze

Dimensions: 120w x 60h x 2d