Bastard Materials. The series of bowls are made of mass produced porcelain. Patterns are cut and removed from the pieces and the missing matter is replaced with flexible rubber.
Porcelain and rubber stand for two opposite worlds. Porcelain is a ceramic material. It is 'earthy' by nature and represents thousands of years of skilled craft and tradition.



Rubber, in contrast, has little legacy. It is not natural and owes its existence to man. As all plastics, it is only now coming out of adolescence, after being regarded for decades as a mere substitute for other, more precious materials.



Using the two materials together reveals a surprising relationship. The porcelain maintains its fragile coolness giving the rubber's transparency a gem like quality.
The tactile experience is similar, with each of the materials accentuated by the opposite character of the other. Materials: porcelain, polyurethane





here is the plats being cut by an abrasive water jet. what you don't see is the other plate that exploded while being cut. health and safety defying stunts.

This is a manual injection of the rubber into the silicone mold.