{"product_id":"mommy-i-made-an-ashtray-stool-copy","title":"‘Mommy I made an ashtray’ Ashtray","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigner: Rutger de Regt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBio of the designer:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRutger de Regt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy practice is driven by an ongoing resistance to prefabricated conventions and an innate desire to build my own paths forward, shaping the unknown with my own hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI am fascinated by the restrictions human beings impose upon themselves, and how these shape our social structures, identities, and interactions. In a digital era where automated production chains increasingly detach us from our physical environment, my ambition as an artist is to reclaim the sensory, tactile relationship between the human body and material form.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough an intuitive, process-led balloon sculpting method, I explore the physical interaction between body and material. The resulting forms capture traces of this exchange, embracing tension, unpredictability, and the unexpected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis approach has naturally evolved into my ceramic works, where familiar forms are pushed beyond their expected boundaries. By questioning the conventions of ceramics, I explore the space between form, colour, and function, creating objects that challenge their own definitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough this interplay, an ever-growing family of misfits, one-off characters, and objects of architectural scale emerges. Rooted in human interaction, the works carry a subtle sense of humour and social commentary, embedded in their forms and titles rather than explicitly stated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003etitle: ‘Mommy I made an ashtray’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshort description:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Mommy I made an ashtray’ is a collection of brightly coloured ceramic objects. The\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidea behind the collection is highly personal. Rutger de Regt goes back to his earliest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ememories of working with clay and creating objects based on intuition, naivety and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplayfulness. To translate the childlike imagery into large scale ceramic objects, he\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003edeveloped a new clay building technique, based on his inventive balloon sculpting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprocess.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMommy I made an ashtray’ refers to the way our intuition in engaging with materials is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eimposed by our educational system. The current system forces us to give function and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003emeaning to the outcome of experience. By focussing on the result, there is little room\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor intuitive connection and personal interpretation. By turning large scale ceramic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eobjects into ashtray’s, ‘ I challenge and question these conventions, as conventions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshould serve instead of restricting us’, we need the freedom to find our\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eown truth with an open mind and an open heart.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ematerials used:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGlazed stoneware\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003emeasurements: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChair 60x60xH75cm seating height 40cm \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStool Ø35xH48cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAshtray Ø25xH60cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eselling price:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChair € 7.500,-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStool € 1.800,-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAshtray € 1.100,-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DIRT market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54911162646851,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/dirt-market.myshopify.com\/products\/mommy-i-made-an-ashtray-stool-copy","provider":"DIRT market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}