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Abalone is a handmade dessert plate by Hannah Banciella. It belongs to Marry the Mundane to the Sacred, the collection Banciella created for The Fire Eaters, titled after a line from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. Ceremony runs through her work, and here an everyday object becomes the setting for one.
Banciella shaped the plate by first draping clay over an actual abalone shell, creating a form that feels like the essence of the shell itself, down to the small row of openings along one side. Its rippled rim is painted with pearlescent leaves and sprigs over a soft cream glaze.
A functional work of art, where the mundane and the sacred meet at the table.
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Abalone is a handmade dessert plate by Hannah Banciella. It belongs to Marry the Mundane to the Sacred, the collection Banciella created for The Fire Eaters, titled after a line from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass. Ceremony runs through her work, and here an everyday object becomes the setting for one.
Banciella shaped the plate by first draping clay over an actual abalone shell, creating a form that feels like the essence of the shell itself, down to the small row of openings along one side. Its rippled rim is painted with pearlescent leaves and sprigs over a soft cream glaze.
A functional work of art, where the mundane and the sacred meet at the table.
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