Graduation Project 2 = Phorota - contemporary dinnerware
UIC Design Exchange Program between UAM and UIC - 1997 - 1999
Phorota - Chicago´s mexican-american contemporary dinnerware designed and developed for the fine arts american markets.
The project included the participation of american graphic designers from UIC (Work displayed here)
Ceramic dinnerware designerd and produced at the Ceramic Workshop of UAM Azcapotzalco under the guidance of ceramic technician Enrique Gomez Gomez.
Two sets produced: Blue and Green.
--Process:
Design Concepts
Plaster Molds
Ceramic liquid casting with molds
Ceramic dinnerware before firing
Fired Ceramic Dinnerware
Color decoration and glaze
Final Firing
Project included pitch to mexican authorities and design professors and mexican-american authorities and community.
Exposed with great success in Mexico and United States Design Show and academia , with the frequent question: "Where I can buy it?"