Mei[o]sis

Keith Lazore-Becker

Mei[o]sis

2017

Stoneware, porcelain, glaze and gold luster; 6"x5.3"x7" and 4.8"x4.8"x6

Mei[o]sis is a work that focuses on intense emotional control and the value in processing feelings rather than suppressing or hiding them. Each piece is crafted by hand squeezing clay forms while channeling negative emotions like frustration, loneliness and rejection. All of the small forms are piled unceremoniously into a square coddle where it is compressed into a cube shape; to show how we tend to “box up” our own negative emotions and put them away to deal with them later. The pieces tend to warp and shift during firings, with portions falling off or breaking free of the core structure. During glazing the pieces is put back into the square coddle, along with any bisque forms that may have broken free during firing, the piece is then glazed together and fired again. The process becomes a ritual of struggling to maintain the form's cube like shape that is constantly being changed and broken down; much in the same way that we struggle to reshape our own negative emotions and experiences into more appealing and comfortable forms. Additions of luster to final piece highlight the preciousness of the time and energy we dedicate to our own emotional control and maintenance.

About the artist: My name is Keith Becker-Lazore, I'm 23 and currently am a senior ceramic art student at Emmanuel College in Boston, MA. I studied forensic chemistry for three years before changing majors and pursuing my passion in ceramics and 3D art. For the last year I have worked as Megumi Naitoh's research assistant on various projects, as well as a mentor for undergraduate art students at Emmanuel.

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