This project examines the meaning of handicraft and tries to justify its place in today’s modern times. Through showing the individual steps of the manufacturing process and through paintings I use to decorate vases I practically present the effort required to produce such a vase. My intention is to make people think about the incomparable value of human handwork and its products in contrast with their machine counterparts.
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The name 2841 is inspired by the frequent answer to my questions about realistic porcelain painting: ‘It takes a lot of years, experience and practice.’ Two thousand eight hundred and forty-one is the number of days for which I have been gaining my experience in both working with ceramics and painting. Both from professional craftsmen and through my own work. The count starts with first painting courses I took at the Secondary Professional School of Applied Arts. It ends with the day I handed in my bachelor thesis and final work, finishing my four years of studying ceramics and porcelain at UMPRUM.
2018
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W 24 cm, H 46 cm
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Photo:
(1.) Anna Pleslová
(2.-41.) Monika Martykánová