Noa Chernichovsky

Noa Chernichovsky RCA

Noa was born and raised in Jerusalem, Israel. She joined the RCA in 2020 on the Ceramics and Glass course, and had previously attended Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, and Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She has also attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Bornholm Denmark as an exchange student, Ceramics & Glass.

She examined the idea of how can you take a "simple" item and make it "shine". In the project she references the V&A’s Stein Collection of ceramic fragments. Choosing a collection of tiny, unglazed earthenware fragments. The object that originally drew her to it was a terracotta fragment of a figure of a man's face, and through it discovered a further collection of 70 terracotta fragments of Buddhist figures. The figures are shaped like animals or humans and originate in Yotkan, a city in 3rd century - 6th century China. Top left: Questioning My Collection. Stoneware, glazes, textile, steel ready-mades 30cm x 15cm x 17cm. Above: Stein Collection, various sizes, Victoria & Albert Museum

The finished piece – 'Questioning My Collection', has to do with the notion of how you can make an artifact meaningful. She examined the idea of how can I take a "simple" item and make it "shine". The work presents her personal collection of artifacts which have been discovered during the project's journey. In the process she examines the aesthetic of found objects from the urban environment, the nature of fragments and material hierarchy in culture. Then she made a hollowed-out ceramic block that represents her wonderings about the hierarchy giving objects a space and a context in their environment - how the manner and place we store things we like or dislike influence their narrative.