Benedetta Pompili – Ceramic & Social Designer in Amsterdam
Benedetta PompiliDesign research & ceramics
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CV & studio detailsBenedetta Pompili is a social and industrial designer interested in the cultural and political meanings behind craftsmanship. 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 and circulation.
       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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Raw.objPioneers in Ceramics
Prinsenhof Delft Museum
Single fired and raw glazed earthenware, various sizes, 2023.

The project adapts on 3D printed earthenware vessels the ancient single firing technique, which consists on obtaining a sintered and glazed ceramic object with only one instead of two or three firings. The process drastically reduces the energetic impact of the manufacturing process. Raw.obj combines the traditional knowledge of the craft, as the technique requires a set of technical skills and practice, with digital making. It pushes the technique to its limits by raw glazing thin 3d printed clay walls aiming at showing the applicability and functionality of the process.
In occasion of the exhibition “Pioneers in Ceramics” at Museum Prinsenhof in Delft (NL), the 3d printed Maas river clay is enriched by a baby blue underglaze made with 1% Cobalt Oxide in honour to the “Delft Blue”.


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