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The non-functional ceramic vessel has been the focus of my practice for several years. I mainly create one off pieces for exhibition but also work to commission and participate in collaborative projects. The overall theme to current work is the use of objects and images, particularly photographs and souvenirs, to evoke memories of a visit to a particular place. Although referencing personal experience, it is intended that the work may remind the viewer of their own travel experiences. The souvenir has been described as a trigger for memory; and as often having no real function, except to act as a reminder of a travel experience. Taking this as a starting point, pieces reference a two month stay in Philadelphia as an artist-in-residence. Themes such as the everyday and familiar being unfamiliar whilst travelling, and the displacement of travel were explored. The majority of the images were selected from my own photographs of everyday sights and tourist attractions. Text was drawn from guide books and leaflets, and my own notes. A trip to Calgary, Canada in 2008 has formed the beginnings of another body of work. Domestic objects viewed in museums and interpretive centres provided the starting point for this series. Taking the idea that their new role or function was to tell a story of the history and culture of the city of Calgary within the museum context; the pieces I have developed function only to create a narrative of my trip there. Again photos taken during the trip were applied to the forms, highlighting many different aspects of the trip. Forms are coil- and slab-built earthenware, with coloured slips, and screen printed and monoprinted ceramic inks built up in layers on the surface. The work is fired 3 or 4 times, with glaze, transfers, and lustres applied at different stages. The photographic images are manipulated in Photoshop before being made into transfers. Website, text, images and designs all © Panik Designs 2003