Ömer Öner

Process and Practice

My practice is making teapots and candle sticks out of found objects’ forms in ceramics. These objects are derived from discarded items: door handles, scrap wood, plastic, glass and metal furniture fragments. As a maker, I re-assess and re-create their value, function, and material quality. I employ clay’s historic imitation and reproduction quality to copy and multiply the found objects by repurposing and regenerating them into new functional ceramic vessels.