{"id":449183,"date":"2025-01-27T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=449183"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:25:41","slug":"deniz-kurdak-porcelain-textiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2025\/01\/deniz-kurdak-porcelain-textiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Deniz Kurdak Crafts Fragility and Resilience in Embroidered Depictions of Porcelain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1915\" height=\"1432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10.jpg 1915w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10-640x479.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10-960x718.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-10-1536x1149.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1915px) 100vw, 1915px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Pieces on Green,&#8221; 25 x 35 centimeters. All images courtesy of Deniz Kurdak, shared with permission<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">Deniz Kurdak Crafts Fragility and Resilience in Embroidered Depictions of Porcelain<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-01-27T11:30:00-06:00\">January 27, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><a class=\"category-craft\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/craft\/\" rel=\"tag\">Craft<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/kmothes\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Kate Mothes<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denizkurdak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deniz Kurdak<\/a>. The London-based artist is fascinated by blue-and-white porcelain\u2014a style that originated in China as early as the 7th century and was broadly imitated and collected around the globe\u2014and the way certain pieces inspire familiarity. She adds, &#8220;They have even found their way into my grandmother\u2019s home.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Themes of identity, belonging, and memory play central roles in Kurdak&#8217;s work, as she draws on personal histories and bases her compositions on real objects that remind her of pieces her grandmother owned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5-960x716.jpg\" alt=\"a colorful embroidery of broken plate pieces\" class=\"wp-image-449195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5-960x716.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5-640x477.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5-1536x1146.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Fragments,&#8221; 30 x 40 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Growing up with an abusive father, I found sanctuary in my grandparents\u2019 home\u2014a safe, predictable, and nurturing space where I felt accepted,&#8221; the artist tells Colossal. &#8220;Along with my admiration for blue-and-white porcelain, my passion for textiles and embroidery was passed down to me by my grandmother.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bringing conceptual elements to needlework, a craft traditionally dismissed in art circles as &#8220;women&#8217;s work,&#8221; she emphasizes expression and narrative. &#8220;I like to reimagine the acts of cutting, stitching, and embroidering as forms of emotional repair,&#8221; she says, &#8220;allowing me to reconstruct and navigate the complexities of my personal history.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long associated with its calming and meditative nature, &#8220;embroidery has become both a medium and a means of reflection in my artistic process,&#8221; Kurdak says. Seemingly at odds with making intimate and methodical stitches, her images suggest the violence of breakage, suddenness, and the relationship between ornament and utility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurdak is intrigued by dualities\u2014fragility and resilience, belonging and displacement\u2014which mirror the tensions and contradictions of the human condition. Contrasting brittle yet durable porcelain with pliable yet resistant fabric and thread, she highlights polarities in the act of merging the ideas together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-960x959.jpg\" alt=\"an embroidery of a red-and-white porcelain plate broken into pieces\" class=\"wp-image-449190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-960x959.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-640x639.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-8.jpg 1802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Not Even Close,&#8221; 48 x 48 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue-and-white porcelain predominantly inspires Kurdak&#8217;s compositions, but she also renders red, green, or multi-colored pieces in textiles, too. She uses a wide range of needlework and fabric techniques, including appliqu\u00e9, lacework, and embroidery. Vases appear to melt into streams, lacy decorations hover above the surface, and motifs rearrange into puzzle-like grids or dynamic swirls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re in London, &#8220;Willow&#8221; is currently on view at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.young-masters.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Young Masters Art Prize Finalists Exhibition<\/a> through April 8. Kurdak\u2019s work will be included in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftscouncil.org.uk\/collect-fair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Collect Art Fair<\/a> opening in late February at Somerset House, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/affordableartfair.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Art Fair<\/a> in March in New York. Learn more on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denizkurdak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>, and followed updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kurdakdeniz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"944\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12-960x944.jpg\" alt=\"an embroidery of blue-and-white porcelain pieces arranged like puzzle pieces\" class=\"wp-image-449194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12-960x944.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12-640x629.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12-1536x1510.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-12.jpg 1933w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Willow,&#8221; 60 x 60 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-960x1260.jpg\" alt=\"an embroidery of a blue-and-white porcelain jar with the decoration in long blue streams in the lower half\" class=\"wp-image-449188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-960x1260.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-640x840.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-1170x1536.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6-1560x2048.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-6.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Jar Descending,&#8221; 120 x 90 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-960x961.jpg\" alt=\"a lacework art piece of a blue-and-white porcelain motif on a white background\" class=\"wp-image-449185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-960x961.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-640x641.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2-1534x1536.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Anguish in Blue,&#8221; 27 x 47 centimeters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1-960x720.jpg\" alt=\"a detail of a lacework art piece of a blue-and-white porcelain motif on a white background\" class=\"wp-image-449184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Detail &#8220;Anguish in Blue&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-960x965.jpg\" alt=\"an embroidery of a green-and-white porcelain plate broken into pieces\" class=\"wp-image-449186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-960x965.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-640x643.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3-1528x1536.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kurdak-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Disjointed,&#8221; 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