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Winter Resident Profile - Daniel Ricardo Teran - 2008 Juried Winter Resident 
I see my forms as dense, tactile drawings in space. My aim is to create an opportunity for an intimate experience - for the viewer or user of my pieces to slow down, to hold, turn, touch, and investigate the narrative I have composed. All my vessel forms have a relation to utility; some are specifically for use, such as the handled cup, plates, and teapots. Other forms imply use - the condom boxes and small trash cans - but are intended to carry ideas that are about the relationship of material culture to social, environmental, and political issues. All the forms and their narrative drawings are important and for special use. I create them carefully with much intention in their making and their craft. I compose miniature drawings on my forms, creating characters and motifs to present and question human morality and consciousness. The allegory of consciousness is supported by the function of certain vessels. For example, my ceramic condom boxes are meant to glorify this contraceptive and protective tool in a world rampant with sexually transmitted diseases. On these boxes I often place what I call the Mirror Motif of Self Reflection. This tiny, embellished circle of silver luster reflects the image of the person handling the box, hopefully engaging thought and awareness of the sexual act. 
The notion of slowness is one that I find to be necessary in a
world of people that are moving far too fast to enjoy life’s subtleties.
So, by doing detailed and elaborate drawings on diminutive vessels
I am offering the viewer, user, and thinker the opportunity to
slow down and enjoy the idiosyncrasies and issues raised by each
and every object I create. |