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When Viewing a Giorgio Morandi still life, a person might begin to wonder where one object ends and the next begins. While there are many questions which beguile the viewer, the conundrum of the seemingly-continuous object presents a particularly difficult problem. Is the still life focused on four separate vases, or one single white vase with three necks and one purple vase in the background? Is the deep purple even a vase, or is it a door in the wall behind the objects? Plan drawings of the real life arrangement of these objects represent an investigation into the solution to these questions. The first drawing shows the possibility that each of the four objects are distinct, while the second depicts one connected being with the dark image int he background acting as shadow reaching out from a darkened doorway.
Charged with translating the two-dimensional investigation into a three-dimensional stack model, the process becomes about extruding the plans. When turned on its side, the stack model is almost identical to the plan drawing. Lines are carried through the model, creating a language of slipping that allows the viewer to see moments of connection and separation between the three pieces of the top as well as the base.