About
CommuniTea
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NORLEEN NOSRI
was born and raised in Malaysia.
She received a BFA (2010) in Ceramics, Minor in Art History and MFA (2013) in Ceramics at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
“The service sets I create are a metaphor for social cohesion. They are presented in a series of arranged compositions comprising porcelain teapots, ewers, decanters,
NORLEEN NOSRI
was born and raised in Malaysia.
She received a BFA (2010) in Ceramics, Minor in Art History and MFA (2013) in Ceramics at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
“The service sets I create are a metaphor for social cohesion. They are presented in a series of arranged compositions comprising porcelain teapots, ewers, decanters, and cups presented on architectural earthenware bases. The arrangements convey my conceptual framework of community and the ever-present dialogue between the individual and the collective.” Nosri
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CommuniTea
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Seattle, WA
Seattle, WA
Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design
St. Louis, MO
St. Louis, MO
Columbia, MO
CommuniTea
CommuniTea
CommuniTea
The acts of serving and accepting reflect a shared exchange of human contact. The iconic phrase ‘tea time’, whether in a family setting or that of the larger community, allows for a certain leveling of the social hierarchy and thus, for fellowship. With this grouping of ceramics objects, the shared moment becomes elevated and the mundane becomes ceremonial.