Milan Design Week

Milan Design Week

Point of Departure, RCA, London

Point of Departure
Great Western Studios 
Exhibition runs: 27th Nov - 4th Dec 2012

I have a weak spor for the RCA students, their work is never disappointing ...
Here is a great chance to see 2nd yr students from the ceramic and glass department, these are some images of Cristina Vezzini's works.

Point of Departure presents an opportunity to view work by second year master’s students from the Royal College of Art’s celebrated Ceramics and Glass programme at a pivotal point in development.

The programme itself has been described as a site for discursive practice, where cultural, social, personal, historical and aesthetic concerns intersect. An overarching belief that the skills of making and thinking can develop in tandem, and that the made object is a vehicle for expression that can engage with the individual and society, lies behind much of its students’ output. 
The artists do not see ceramics and glass merely as a fixed set of media, instead prizing and celebrating diversity and breadth whilst embracing connections.
As work in progress, Point of Departure includes eighteen individual artists’ investigations taking form. It gives a rare insight into the thinking behind the works at this ‘point of departure’. The exhibition reflects recent discoveries within the students’ artistic journeys as they establish individual identities.
The work itself covers a wide spectrum – from design for manufacture, the unique art object to installation. Themes being dealt with range from the body, the domestic and the architectural, at the core of which is material understanding.

Helle Bjerregaard
Rachel Hopkins
Sabina Stumberger
Kane Cali                                   
Rosanna Martin                                   
Ester Svensson
Kevin Callaghan                       
Enrique Perezalba Red                                    
Luke Twigger           
Eunghan Choi                           
Helena Plado                                               
Cristina Vezzini
Olivia Fink                                   
Shane Porter                                               
Jonathan Wade
Lydia Hardwick                       
Mella Shaw                                               
Yiru Wang

Great Western Studios

65 Alfred Road London W2 5EU
 t. 020 7221 0100 fx. 020 7221 0200
info@greatwesternstudios.com

Point of Departure, RCA, London

Cristina Vezzini CV's 5

Della serie italiani all'estero, ecco Cristina Vezzini, una giovane ragazza che dopo l'università in inghilterra ha deciso di rimanere nella terra di Albione. Mi piacciono molto le sue sculture che sembrano strane formazioni naturali, l'uso degli smalti e l'abilità tecnica sono frutto delle sue esperienze universitarie e del lavoro di apprendista. Quest'ultima una pratica che trovo molto importante, per imparare ad organizzare il proprio lavoro e per sperimentare tecniche diverse.
Queste sono le sue risposte e questo il suo sito
http://www.cristinavezzini.com/

CV: 5 Parole che descrivano le tue opere
CV: Tempo, memorie, complessità,mistero e eleganza

CV: Che aspetto della tua personalità ti è più utile nel tuo lavoro?
CV: L'essere estroversa

CV:Qual'e il tuo pezzo in ceramica preferito?
CV: Le sculture di Georgia O’Keeffe

CV: Da cosa trai ispirazione?
CV: Dalla nature e sopratutto dale mie immersioni subacquee

CV: Se potessi scegliere dove vivere/lavorare nel mondo, dove andresti?
CV: Amo vivere a Londra! Ma vorrei avere la possibilita di vivere sull’isola di Coco. Isola meravigliosa e grande fonte di inspirazione.
A very talented italian living in London, Cristina Vezzini is a young ceramist that creates bizarre formations that seem to emerge from the deep sea. Beautiful and strange, these objects hide technical knowledge and clarity of aim. After her graduation Cristina divides her time between working for well know artists such as : Kate Malone and Valeria Nascimento, and her own work.
These are her answers and this is her site:
http://www.cristinavezzini.com/

CV: Five words that describe your work
CV:Time , memories , intricacy, mistery and elegance

CV: What aspect of your personality is more useful in your practice?
CV: Being outgoing

CV: What is your favourite ceramic piece of all times ?
CV: Georgia O’Keeffe's sculptures


CV: Where do you get your inspiration from?
CV: From nature, especially from the my diving experience

CV: If you could choose where to live/work in the world, where would you go?
CV: I love living in London! But I would like to have the possibility to live few years in Coco Island. Wonderful island and great source of inspiration.

Cristina Vezzini CV's 5