Laith Al Rahmani
"In my practice, I collaborate with materials in an effort to process perceptions of the life I live. In such, the outcome of material collaboration shows not only what is there to be said by me, but it also materializes the teachings taught to me by the mediums most prevalent to my current practice. Often feeling like nothing more than a spectator, my practice helps me transpose the fears and alienation that come of being queer and Middle Eastern and a product of displacement, into forms that speak on my behalf. From that label, every form I create with my hands, is a direct reflection of that identity. Whether it is a literal depiction of living such a bittersweet intersectionality, or, just a simple, wheel-thrown piece of pottery."
‘Harbour’
Ceramic Stoneware, Unglazed, 5 - 40cmø plates, 1.5x2m, 2024.
Featuring plates with the motif of ripples caused by a singular droplet, the work becomes a harbour for all the stateless people, displaced by war and difference. The ones who have led life alienated, no matter what soil they stood on. Ones who sit with the guilt of having chosen to flee and the ripples of genarational trauma that was caused from so. While making these vessels, I dream of a better life for these people, no matter where they are, and who they had to become to stay afloat.
‘Inhabiting Discomfort’
glazed ceramic stoneware vessels, 10 - 60cmø, 2mx1.5m, 2022-ongoing
Inhabiting discomfort when discomfort is all there is to inhabit. The work began as an exploration of forms on the pottery wheel. The outcome was a constellation that is the embodiment of avoidance and the crushing pressure that comes of it. But somehow, it leaves you feeling alleviated, like its all you’ve ever known. When entering the space, the viewer is questioned and must begin bargaining for the right to stay, despite the persistent discomforts exuded by the tense sounds of the ceramic pieces resonating into the space and the physical challenge of trusting the space not to collapse on you with all its heft.
‘self-facilitation of something to care for’
Stoneware vessels, inhabited with various plants, displayed on plaster, metal and concrete plinths 2024-ongoing’
‘From my thesis on ‘The agencies of clay and its collaborative role in artistic practices’, I attempt to bring forth the desire for something to care for in one’s life. In this self-facilitation of care, I explore the symbiotic relationship that I have with the plants I welcome into my safe space, and the realizations that the clay in my practice shapes me as much as I shape it.
‘Exploration of form and color’
a set of three white stoneware vessels, reduction glazed in celadon and copper, 5-10cm 2025
‘Coffee Date’
white stoneware, fired in mid-range copper, rutile and iron glazes, displayed on plaster plinths, 7x7x10cm p.p, 2025
An attempt to make a coffee date set in a stylized manner, featuring two cups & saucers, two dessert plates, a milk jug and a sugar pot & spoon.
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