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Untitled (2008) by Melissa Pavolvic

One of my favorites in the eciad 2008 undergrad show is Melissa’s work shown here. She has been working on the ceramic deer head theme pretty much for her last year or so in eciad and I think in this work she has found the good balance between visual arts, design and craft. Oh she also has an etsy page as well, though the stuff on her etsy page doesn’t really do her skills justice.

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“What’s up with the China in Chinatown?” (2008) by Nicole Leong

My exhibition speaks about the history of Chinese ceramics. Yet, it also speaks to many people now about breaking out of stereotypes and overlooking the handmade as commodities. I believe my work pushes the boundaries of tradition and brings it into the modern world allowing a broad range of people to access this rich history as well as to experience what it is like to live in such a diverse city. By using the imagery of the dragon and the teapot, they become vessels into two different worlds.

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Continuing with the theme of undergrad exhibition 2008 in Emily Carr University (which is coming to a end today), the work featured this time is Margaret Matsuyama’s ceramic dolls.

I am drawn to work which evokes memory, childhood experience, and the formation of identity. In particular, I am interested in exploring the experience of puberty, and the repression of identity when one does not conform to social norms. I work with slip cast porcelain and the process of mold making to create multiples, altering each slightly. The drawing and illustration on each figure and their size are meant to evoke childhood experience. Through making the work, other themes are unfolding such as similarity and difference, individuality and conformity, and uniqueness and mass production. My desire is for a continuation of these unexpected realizations.

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