Benedetta Pompili – Ceramic & Social Designer in Amsterdam
Benedetta Pompili StudioDesign research & ceramics
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CV & studio detailsBenedetta Pompili is a social designer interested in the cultural and political meanings behind the craftsmanship of ceramics. By composing each clay body or glaze from scratch, each project aims at delineating ways of coping with tradition and its ecosystem. 

Urban and industrial remnants costantly recur in the work. Their incorporation becomes a tool to investigate on their ambiguous status, circulation and alternative possibilities to diminish the impact of the industry.

At the core of her practice lies an interest in daily repeated gestures and in process as a form of knowledge. This extends beyond objects into the design of shared workspaces. They are intendend as environments that support exchange and collaboration
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Asbestos panels In collaboration with Winnie Herbstein
Supported by Rijskakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam
Relief of black mould spore ‘stachybotrys chartarum’, stoneware and treated asbestos glaze, 30x60x4 cm, 2024.
Panel III, treated asbestos glaze on pressed stoneware, pattern and panels realised by Winnie Herbstein, 2024.
Panel II detail, treated asbestos glaze on pressed stoneware, pattern and panels realised by Winnie Herbstein, 2024.

The series of ceramic reliefs depict a micrograph of the black mould spore ‘stachybotrys chartarum’. This specific species is found to grow on asbestos, a highly toxic material used within domestic and industrial construction. The panels are glazed with ‘Quenched Asbestos’, a glaze composed of treated asbestos and recycled Heineken green glass bottles, developed during the Techfellowship program of Rijksakademie in 2022.

Panels I, II, and III, treated asbestos glaze on pressed stoneware, pattern and panels realised by Winnie Herbstein, 2024.



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