The Architecture of Ceramic Vessel

One of the most meaningful artistic endeavours within the modern ceramic movement is the investigation of our world through the use of vessel. From its utilitarian origins since prehistoric times, the vessel has undergone thousands of transformation through the hands of creative artists acquiring along the way, many layers of meaning which is the language of the pot. These are manifested through exploration of the concepts of space through analysis of the dichotomy between exterior or interior of a pot or one pot from the other and the message they convey. Today, the possibilities of clay as a vehicle for the exploration of ideas about contemporary society and culture are as rich and boundless as ever. "The Architecture of the Ceramic Vessel" offers clay artists and those interested in exploring its possibilities, an investigative interpretation of the language and architecture of the pot an indigenous Ghanaian pottery wear.