Endangered Vessels

2020, private studio exhibition

Endangered Vessels: This new body of work returns to an investigation of the historical vessel form. I am interested in how the vessel form resonates historically, having been used as a functional object, a purely decorative form and, as an award for triumph in competition. This series utilizes recognizable form, and allows for reflection on loss, violence, abandonment and the passage of time through signs of accretion and decay, layering, damage and erosion of the intact object.

Ceramic vessel from Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Ceramic vessel from Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: Calcified 2020. detail. fired clay, glazes, memories, time, salts.

detail of vessel from Endangered Vassel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: Calcified 2020. detail. fired clay, glazes, memories, time, salts.

Vessel from Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: The Fallen 2020. detail. fired clay, glazes, violence, peace.

Vessel from Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: The Fallen 2020. detail. fired clay, glazes, violence, peace.

Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit

Broken Blue Wings from Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit
2020
Fired clay, glaze, cobalt, erosion, resilience

Endangered Blue Amphora from Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Blue Amphora from Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit
2020 fired clay, glaze, cobalt

Endangered Blue Amphora detail from Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Blue Amphora detailfrom Endangered Vessels series by artist Patricia Sannit
2020 fired clay, glaze, cobalt

Vessel from the Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: The Buoyant 2020. fired clay, slips, resilience.

Vessel from the Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: Armored 2020.
13" x 13" x 13"
ceramic, manganese luster glaze

Vessel from Endangered Vessel series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Vessel: Armored 2020. ceramic, manganese luster glaze

Sculpture from teh Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Infinity 2020. fired clay, glazes, oxides

sculpture forn teh Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Infinity, detail. 2020. fired clay, glazes, oxides

sculpture from the Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Infinity, detail interior. 2020. fired clay, glazes, oxides

Sculpture from the Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Self (Lost Blue) 2020. fired clay, glaze, oxides

Sculpture from the Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Endangered Self (Lost Blue) 2020. fired clay, glaze, oxides

Sculpture from the Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit, detail 3

Endangered Self (Lost Blue), detail. 2020. fired clay, glazes, oxides

Tall ceramic vessel from the Endangered series by artist Patricia Sannit

Fallen Angel. 2020. fired clay, glaze, oxides