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Philadelphia area artist Heather Mae Erickson is known for her white
porcelain dinnerware. She is influenced by both mass produced industrial design
as well as traditional techniques of wheel-thrown porcelain. Her work is a
synthesis of design, functionality, and aesthetics where each component is
equally considered. Erickson creates tableware that stimulates the senses
visually, tactually, and conceptually. As dinnerware, these objects are meant
to be touched, held, and used everyday. They are an extension of ourselves as
we partake in the daily dining ritual.
For Erickson, her designs are
intended to enhance dining through the quality, uniqueness, and beauty inherent
within each object as well as the simplicity and eloquence that is evident
throughout the overall ensemble. Her carefully orchestrated compositions are
like a family of objects where there are established relationships among the
forms. It is this interaction between the individual, the objects, and the food
that creates an extraordinary dining experience.
http://homepage.mac.com/heathermaerickson/ceramicdesign
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