Deshun Peoples

I consider a sphere the basic building block for many of my forms. I activate different ways to distort spheres to create distinctively new shapes for cups, bottles, bowls, and even plates. A sphere is perfect, symmetrical across every axis, infinite, demanding, and complete. Perfect spheres are rigid and strict in their dimensions, yet soft and inviting in their appearance. Being influenced by spheres, the contours of my pots are round, continuous, and particular. Growing up, many aspects of my life felt uncertain, insecure, insubstantial, and readily subject to change. By utilizing meticulous, round forms, I attempt to exert control over a highly variable medium, forcing a sense of closure and completeness in my work that eases the tension of not having this control in other aspects of life. I also employ bright color lines in my work, which has a positive psychological effect by inspiring a sense of joy and fulfillment that relates to larger issues of empathy that I explore in my practice. In endeavoring to make conscious the act of being empathetic, I am contributing to an overdue societal resurgence of investment in mental health and stability.
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Yellow Cup w/Luster2

$70.00



Green Cup w/Luster

$90.00


  

Yellow Cup w/Luster2

$70.00



Green Cup w/Luster

$90.00


 

Yellow Cup w/Luster2

$70.00



Green Cup w/Luster

$90.00



Yellow Cup w/Luster2

$70.00



Green Cup w/Luster

$90.00




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