homebody, homesick

Olivia Asher, , 2023

260 x 150 mm

Whitestone clay, red uku & glaze ~ stoneware

These works reference the hue (gourd), a hollowed out vegetable used as a tool (vessel - ipu) to carry water by Māori. Though I reference the hue a lot in the making of these works, the reference of the body and femininity in uku came about as well – especially in the curvature of the ipu. They became living things, holders of water and life, rather than just an object.