LINKING CLAY //

diploma supervised by Prof. Dipl.-Des. Stephan Schulz und Dipl.-Des. Jens Eichhof // graduation project at Hochschule Wismar 2020 // exhibited at KONFEKT graduates group show //

The focus of my thesis was not a functional and aesthetic tableware set or ceramic product. Linking clay breaks with haptic and visual conventions of ceramics and shows interesting techniques in the production of ceramic products. After a theoretical examination of today’s table culture and aspects such as sustainability, responsibility in design and material connectivity, an attempt was made to fathom the directions in which ceramic objects and products can be designed in the future in order to achieve greater connectivity with users. To this end, extrusion and textile processing techniques were used and reinterpreted in a ceramic context.

 

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linking clay vase raw