Emerging Potters – Issue 20
RCA Show 2020
Eugenio Michelini
Entropic Diptych 2 panels h:295 x w:410 x d:10mm. Stoneware porcelain, Parian clay, glazes. Contact: eugenio.michelini@ network.rca.ac.uk
Raised in Bologna’s province of Italy, he started focusing his ceramic work at Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, California. Eventually receiving a BFA from California State University in 2016, which was followed by an MA at the Royal College of Art in 2020.
This body of his work is a wall diptych of two panels with textured surfaces inspired by childhood memories - a glass jar in his mother’s kitchen containing kidney beans. The press-moulded panels offer a resistance to glazes through their texture and a sort of unpredictability
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about the flows and glazes and movement propelled by gravity hindered by the bumps. He is looking to find a studio to develop the work in preparation for a physical show this coming spring. In the meanwhile he will be applying to art residencies in Europe.
