Proto Attica

 

2018

 

An amphora turned on its head: the archetypal vessel for storing and transferring potable water is reversed in an effort to update it to a centrepiece drinking fountain.
Featuring plastic dispensing spouts and clay cups stacked on top to drink from.

Commissioned by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, in collaboration with the Triennale Design Museum for their upcoming exhibition: 'The Shape of Water'.

Materials: terracotta, glaze, polyurethane glaze, PE taps

 

Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 72 cm

 

Images: Nikos Alexopoulos