Kjersti Johanne Barli’s Ceramics of the 7 Deadly Sins

A long time ago, one form of com­mu­ni­ca­tion was through the sur­face design of ceram­ics. Sto­ries were told on ves­sels that were hand­ed-down pieces of his­to­ry. A lot has changed since that time, but we still use this medi­um to tell a sto­ry. Kjer­sti Johanne Bar­li’s nar­ra­tive ceram­ic pieces revolve around the theme of the 7 Dead­ly Sins. They include water­col­or-esque draw­ings that fea­ture cats, cos­tumes, ham­burg­ers (yum), and guns.

Drawn in blue, they ref­er­ence the tra­di­tion of blue chi­na pat­terns. Bar­li’s work is more sub­ver­sive and sil­ly (at times), of course, and the visu­al artist also works in comics. Can you tell?

I love these col­laged heads. Just wan­na throw these in the post, too!