Nathalie Khayat?s SALT Travels to the Depths of the Sea Via Clay
The works that make up Nathalie Khayat's SALT use a creative process that explores sculptural dimensions of functional objects without assigning them a purpose.
House of Today, a non-profit committed to fostering Lebanon?s sustainable design culture, presented Nathalie Khayat?s SALTÂ during Frieze Los Angeles earlier this year. Curated by founder Cherine Magrabi Tayeb, the works that make up SALTÂ revolve around a creative process that involved exploring sculptural dimensions of functional objects ? such as bowls, vases, and candelabras ? without assigning them a purpose.
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?The SALTÂ collection allows for ample room for viewers to interpret and explore the creative process and what was born of it,? Khayat shared. ?I found that nature was speaking through me, which was expressed in both the creative process and the unique items that emerged.? Khayat added that she ?embraced the idea of not setting clear intentions and abandoning norms, to birth a non-evident coherence between objects? where one calls on the other.?
The pieces within SALTÂ offer meticulous details and robust shapes that are glazed in beiges, deep greens, and touches of red. Each one-of-a-kind organic shape seems as though it’s been pulled from the depths of the sea, which is exactly where Khayat found inspiration to peel back and mold their layers of clay.
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Khayat said, ?I aspire for each viewer to creatively approach the item before them, to play an active role in deciding on how i...
House of Today, a non-profit committed to fostering Lebanon?s sustainable design culture, presented Nathalie Khayat?s SALTÂ during Frieze Los Angeles earlier this year. Curated by founder Cherine Magrabi Tayeb, the works that make up SALTÂ revolve around a creative process that involved exploring sculptural dimensions of functional objects ? such as bowls, vases, and candelabras ? without assigning them a purpose.
UPRUSH
?The SALTÂ collection allows for ample room for viewers to interpret and explore the creative process and what was born of it,? Khayat shared. ?I found that nature was speaking through me, which was expressed in both the creative process and the unique items that emerged.? Khayat added that she ?embraced the idea of not setting clear intentions and abandoning norms, to birth a non-evident coherence between objects? where one calls on the other.?
The pieces within SALTÂ offer meticulous details and robust shapes that are glazed in beiges, deep greens, and touches of red. Each one-of-a-kind organic shape seems as though it’s been pulled from the depths of the sea, which is exactly where Khayat found inspiration to peel back and mold their layers of clay.
ABYSS
Khayat said, ?I aspire for each viewer to creatively approach the item before them, to play an active role in deciding on how i...
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