Tatiana Argueta Garcia
BIO
Tatiana is an emerging artist and recent graduate of Sheridan College. Taking inspiration from nature, her work focuses on floriography, the language of flowers, and aims to show how simple objects can hold meaning and significance, transcribing each flowers translated meaning into clay vessels, using surface and form to bring a voice to a silent and forgotten language.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
FLORIOGRAPHY
Inspired by Floriography, the symbolic language of flowers, I create sculptural ceramic pieces that convey emotion and meaning through my interpretation of surface and form. Using motifs from nature to inspire the form of my pieces, I explore a botanical and floral language, transcribing each flower's translated meanings and expressions into clay vessels. My pieces consist of two complementary ideas that work together; an individual form to highlight the diversity and overall expression of floral elements; and the portrayal of emotion interchanged through simple objects Through naturalistic and detailed modelling, I draw the viewer in to contemplate the symbol of each flower, and to interpret the meaning and emotions associated with it.
FEATURED Work
Title: Garden
Dimensions: 25 x 30 x 30 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: stoneware, porcelain, slips
Title: Deceivious Datura
Dimensions: 25 x 10 x 15 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: stoneware, porcelain, slips
Title: Amaryllis
Dimensions: 25 x 10 x 15 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: stoneware, porcelain, slips
Title: Orange Blossoms, detail
Dimensions: 25 x 10 x 15 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: stoneware, porcelain, slips
Title: Protea, detail
Dimensions: 25 x 10 x 15 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: stoneware, porcelain, slips