Food Futures

The brief for this project was to consider the use and social significance of contemporary tableware. I was challenged with considering this and then responding with the design and production of functional items.

I chose to focus on Indian cuisine due to the lack of clay used when dining, I wanted to change and combine material values. Metal is considered a highly valued material that reflected the higher caste and terracotta reflected low value, low caste, and throw away material. I wanted to start this project with the intention to balance the values and importance of both material’s roles within the culture and within contemporary art today.