Five Beautiful Things

Dioramaware

Helsinki-based artist Caroline Slotte is something of an excavator. Frequently using antique dinnerware and serveware as her canvas, she manipulates the objects by extracting and enhancing its subtle patterns and imperfections to create a layered, three-dimensional world that brings the pieces to life. For her series entitled “Layers Multiple”, Slotte collected examples of transferware (patterned china) and old dishes with imperfections in the glazes that revealed subtle, nondescript images. Using a variety of tools, Slotte then layers the dishes and carefully plans her approach to carving out its imagery. She sculpts the pieces to create a kind of diorama effect with one space leading into the space behind it and then fastens them together to create one piece. Below are five examples of her work from this series. To see more of Slotte’s work, please visit her website.