Culture Plate (White) by Attua Aparicio

Made during their residency in Jingdezhen, Aparicio used store bought biscuit plates and glaze them using borosilicate glass. She chose these plates because they look like petri dishes and when the glass melts it looks like bacteria.

Product Information

porcelain plates, glaze and waste borosilicate glass.
22 cm 

Discount price due to small minor defect (chip) 

About the Artist

Attua Aparicio is a London based multidisciplinary artist working in the intersection of design, craft and art. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2011 from MA Design Products. At the core of her practice lays a very experimental and prejudice free way of understanding and working with materials. Her practice is driven by material research and direct hands-on experimentation with various materials. At the moment she is focused on working with ceramics and glass. She is interested in sustainability, material hybridization and tactility. Collaborations are a fundamental part of her practice. She co-founded Silo Studio with Oscar Lessing. She also collaborates regularly with her sister and artist Saelia Aparicio.