Started sketching iterations of the vase I am studying. I started with aquatic animal forms which gradually transformed into more freeflowing human forms. The first few drawings were more controlled after which I gradually tried to lose control , drawing without thinking.
Visited the National Museum of Oman today. What caught my attention was this glazed ceramic jug from the Islamic Civilization (Afghanistan) dated 6th-13th century CE. It is a moulded, glazed ceramic jar decorated with a band of floral motifs.
What about the object moves you?
What attracted me was that it resembles a human figure and it fuels my imagination.
What do you think about the form of the object and surface decorations
It is slender and elegant. It has a slender cylindrical neck and a round belly to store liquids. The handle is created with twisted coils which looks like a braid.Love the glaze. It is chipped from one side which reveals that it is a terracotta jug with a green glaze. It is decorated with plant motifs
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Lena Guberman
Lena Guberman, a sculptor, illustrator and conceptual artist based in Israel.
As an illustrator she felt the lack of volume in her work, which she found in sculpture. In her works she dives into childhood memories and tries to recreate autobiographical events that blend in her memory with imagination.
Her works deal with intergenerational relationships, childhood and femininity, exposure and concealment.
Her works feature an interaction between sculpture and painting, as in illustrated literature where text and images complement each other, the two-dimensional images clarify or contradict the meaning of her sculpted objects.
I found that my work resonates with this artists work because
1. her works are illustrations
2. her works are autobiographical
3.her works taps into imagination and memories
4. her works are tender and evocativehttps://thespaceart.co.il/en/product/l-g-2/
