Frances Priest is a ceramicist and was at Gray’s this week. She talked about how she is interested in the languages of ornament and how they travel in different cultures. She talked about «the movility of pattern» and, as an example, she mentioned how we interpret plant habitats, for example. I thought it was curious how pattern can also move, like a person. She talked about how important it is to have the quality of art and craftsmanship applied to spaces like hospitals, in order to humanize them. I didn’t have my glasses with me and couldn’t see her face clearly, so I doodled three plausible portraits of Frances Priest. I also couldn’t see the images of the presentation very well, but when she mentioned interpreting plant habitats, I made out these colors and shapes. It is my interpretation of an interpretation of a plant’s habitat.
Maxim Zaragoza 