#BenchPlates by @AL_A #Ceramic is a material embodying thousands of years of human endeavor. Raw and of the earth, the first material to be machined and tamed by man is still in everyday use. Tough but ultimately vulnerable, its antiquity belies its enduring and timeless modernity. Beauty and utility are at the heart of ceramics’ lasting appeal. AL_A have worked in partnership with #CeramicaCumella to showcase glazes, the spectrum of colours playfully referencing the domestic crockery that has served dinner tables for millennia. The individually #handmade components can be read as plates, tiles or shingles, a poetic repurposing of the material’s traditional uses. #Repetition of a single motif creates visual complexity but also a #modular system interlocking in both plan and section, each plate providing support for its immediate neighbors. It's adaptable, changing shape with each #new installation to respond to its context, environment, users and function. ala.uk.com
