Designing Women, Egg Collective Showroom, 304 Hudson Street, #307 New York, NY 10013, May 1-31, 2017
Optical Orb Vase, Twist No. 3, Evening Platter Vase, Albers Ripple Rug, Figure Eight
The 2016 Collection is a new series of non-function table top sculptures and vessels that celebrate the nuances of geometric forms and how our perception of them are influenced by the limitations of material itself. Despite the infinite possibilities inherent in mathematics and space, objects can personify a place where memory is a formed in a state of of suspension and flux.
Cairn Vase, Buoy Pod, Undulation Cone, Hazy Stripe Cone, Gradation Ripple Eye, Spiral, Hourglass Vase, Ripple Track
The 2015 collection of objects and vessels were inspired by the personification of infinity and how the meaning of forever can be materialized in both abstract and literal ways. From the smoke rings of a fire, an urn for one's ashes or a simple hat, this series explored ways in which the absence of self could be transformed into residual forms.
Smoke Ring Doorknob Vase, Smoke Ring Glove Vase, Milliner, Loop Vase, Pendulum
Undulation Cone
Ripple Rock Container
Tiered Turbine Vase
The Bracelet Flask is a wearable porcelain vessel that holds a shot’s worth of liquor. The shape was inspired by a small ring-shaped Pennsylvanian hip flask from the 19th century. Celebrate a forgotten form in American ceramics by wearing it on your wrist.
object & totem fall 2013
Object & Totem is a handmade ceramic studio founded and operated by Julianne Ahn, a graduate from The Rhode Island School of Design and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a background in Textiles and Fiber & Materials Studies.
Inspired by the nuances of meditation and form, each product is hand thrown or built to maintain its novelty, craft and memory whether functional or an intimate piece of decor. Formerly based in Philadelphia and Berlin, the studio is currently located in Brooklyn, NY and continues to evolve, with a current emphasis on classic tableware, limited edition vessels and experimental art objects.
Object & Totem