Fingerbowl
Commission for New College, Oxford. 2006

As eating with your fingers is a very tactile experience. The brief stated that all decoration was on the inside of the bowl. So I want to work with spaces inside the bowl – as water has this incredible property to fill every space, no matter what shape it is – I have left a gap at the bottom of the interior layers, so that all the spaces in the bowl is filled with water. The interior spaces makes it possible to dip your fingers in the water and rinse slightly, but for greater effect the interior can be touched, and is thought as part of the tactile experience.


photo: Andra Nelki