American designer Simone Bodmer-Turner, who usually works in ceramics, has showcased collectible design objects produced using bronze, wood, lacquer, and silk at Emma Scully Gallery in New York.
The A Year Without a Kiln exhibition presented Bodmer-Turner's first explorations of processes other than ceramics and came out of her transition from working in a Brooklyn studio to a Massachusetts farmhouse.
Simone Bodmer Turner displayed a collectible furniture collection in New York
"Serving as a topography of self, this inherently personal showcase invited viewers into Bodmer-Turner's inner landscape during a time of immense transition and creative incubation," said Emma Scully Gallery.
"Imbued with a sense of kinetic curiosity, each object presented was a marker in a year (2023). During this time, Bodmer-Turner didn't have access to her kiln, the primary tool behind her clay creations." It departs from the artist's usual work with ceramics
Intended to showcase like the designer's own living room, the exhibition included a slip-covered sofa, large coffee table, lighting, fireside andirons, and decorative objects displayed on sideboard-shaped pedestals.
According to the gallery, the presentation deals with the questions of placemaking.
The exhibition was designed to resemble Bodmer-Turner's living room
"This work came out of a certain moment of life where I was, and am, making my first true home ? a home I intend to grow into and build for a lifetime,&qu...