WHO ART YOU / IN CONVERSATION WITH CELINE
Deborah L. Morris
For Deborah L. Morris, being an artist is part of life, expressed through working with textiles, ceramics and metal. Her Fragments series brings embroidery, broken ceramics and the possibility of reconnection into the same object.
ONE QUESTION TO WATCH WITH
Can the traces of repair become the most important part of a work?
Tatreez 3, 2021, ceramic, underglaze, glaze and perle cotton thread, 10 × 11 × 1 inches. · Cover image source ↗
FROM CONVERSATION TO WORK
Look a little closer
Follow the junctions between ceramic and thread. Consider the interview’s discussion of embroidery alongside the meeting of hard and soft materials in these works.
Artist background & more work ↗
Tatreez 3, 2021, ceramic, underglaze, glaze and perle cotton thread, 10 × 11 × 1 inches.
Deborah L. Morris · Work source ↗
Detail of embroidered ceramic from the Fragments series.
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YOUR TURN
When you repair something, would you hide the break or leave the repair visible? Why?
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