Alignment

Hand-made, fired, and painted porcelain on wood, 2020

The Alignment series consists of Aida Izadpanah’s hand-made, hand-fired, and hand-painted porcelain works mounted on wooden boards. She fashions each piece literally from raw blocks of earth — forming, carving, and arranging them in correspondence to the spirit of the moment. She also maintains and adapts the experimental qualities of texture, color, and composition from her previous large-format abstract painting series.

Firing each piece multiple times at over 2,000°F, she sometimes incorporates liquid 24 karat gold, which solidifies in the kiln. Each piece in this body of work represents a process and product of aligning energies toward a delicate balance available in the minimalism of the present moment.

Alignment

Years: 2020

Medium: Japanese ink and coffee on 100% cotton paper, 18 x 24 in.

Alignment – White Porcelain Fold (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – White Porcelain Lace-Textured Shard (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

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Alignment – White Porcelain Strips with Mint Drop (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – Metallic Glazed Porcelain Coils (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – Stacked Porcelain Ribbons (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – Installation View (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – Porcelain Rose Form with Gold Accent (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment — White Porcelain Fold with Textured Scale Pattern

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Green Floral Pattern and Gold Rim

Alignment — Porcelain Folds with Line-Dot Pattern and Gold Interiors

Alignment — Installation View, Color Panel Grid

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Line-Dot Pattern and Gold Loop

Alignment — Bronze Smooth and Textured Fold Pair

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Blue Floral Pattern

Alignment — Bronze Folded Form with Dark Base

Alignment — Glossy Black Porcelain Looped Ribbon

Alignment — Bronze Ribbed Fold with Looped Handle

Alignment — Bronze Ribbed Fold with Pointed Base

Alignment — Silver Folded Form with Textured Patch

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Black Knotted Coil

Alignment — Round Black Glaze with Silver Fold

Alignment — Bronze Ribbon and Curled Figure Fan

Alignment — Round Form with Gold Leaf Interior

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Bronze Coiled Branch

Alignment — Porcelain Fold with Rust Floral Pattern

Alignment — Metallic Textured Porcelain Fold

Alignment — Glossy Black Porcelain Ribbon Fold

Alignment — Folded Porcelain with Gold Rose Accent

Alignment – White Porcelain Pouch with Mint Interior (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – Porcelain Coiled Loops with Gold Accents (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – White Porcelain Textured Fold (2020) | Aida Izadpanah

Alignment – White Porcelain Fold with Gold Lining (2020) | Aida Izadpanah