Maria João, don’t touch my plate

This small series of ceramic pieces was created using moulds of the artist’s
grandmother’s and mother’s hands, forming an immediate bridge between
nourishment and family.

The journey of food to the mouth here passes through a dense emotional
landscape and an anti-ergonomic gesture, embodied in Hands of, please — the
very hands that fed and raised the artist.
Transformed into the base and support of the bowls, these hands explore the
ambiguity between a caring gesture and a sense of intrusion — a touch that
nourishes but also unsettles the meal.
This discomfort is heightened during use, as clean edges are absent, and fingers
protrude from the forms.
Don’t Touch My Plate and Hands of, please offer an effective and sensorial
Reimagining the act of eating.

Dimensions:  10x8 cm

Materials:  Stoneware and glaze

Technique: Made using plaster moulds and stoneware casting