“At the time I made the Broken Pot series, I was thinking about the idea of breaking not as an end but as a beginning.
When a pot breaks, as a ceramicist, you can grind the pieces into clay for a fresh substance which becomes stronger as a result.
When I made those pots, Ghana’s economy was completely in tatters.
In retrospect, I regard my process as an exhortation; that things have to break in order to start reshaping”
EL ANATSUI
[The original pot was inadvertently broken into several pieces by a house cleaner.
The pieces were retained by the owners. The original artist had passed on- before the pot was broken.
If you are the original owner, what will be your course of action?]
In Japan when a pot breaks they don’t throw it away they patch the pieces back with gold , meaning that one must emerge daily as a new and better being .
Thanks for the insight, JK
Excellent pieces👌🏽
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Glue it back together!
The family pot series looks wonderful – wouldn’t want to buy it though as I have a house cleaner.