I found Caroline Slotte while perusing one of my favorite blogs for contemporary art & craft eye candy, The Jealous Curator. I was first drawn to her because of her unbelievably handling of found chinaware - as shown above, Caroline creates depth by cutting layers and layers out of stacked porcelain plates. She also finds common knick-knacks at thrift stores, makes molds of them, and casts them out of porcelain. I love that idea, directing importance and attention to commonly cast aside items of seemingly little importance. After exploring her website it became clear that I was drawn to her for more than just aesthetic pleasure - upon reading her artist statement, I immediately got chills because I felt as if the words I was reading could easily have been my own. Her work explores similar concepts around the idea of memory as I am exploring and writing about in my own thesis work, only her writing is much more succinct and eloquent. I think it is fate that I found her during my thesis work. Here is a snippet from her artist statement:
"Objects in our private sphere stir feelings in us and connect us to our history. They are tangible reminders of the past, of our own life story, and that of the family. In this way the most humble object can function as a key to the past, as a key to our inner. The poetry of everyday objects, with all the memories and associations that these objects contain: that is the starting point for my artistic practise."
Chills. Again.
"Objects in our private sphere stir feelings in us and connect us to our history. They are tangible reminders of the past, of our own life story, and that of the family. In this way the most humble object can function as a key to the past, as a key to our inner. The poetry of everyday objects, with all the memories and associations that these objects contain: that is the starting point for my artistic practise."
Chills. Again.