#06 Mini HYBRID Vase in Cobalt-Red by Tal Batit

About This Piece

Contemporary Design

This vase is from the HYBRIDS series by Tal Batit, a collection that deals with contrasts and the unusual combination of two materials. It is a series of vases that combine two different worlds and cultures; ancient cultures, with an emphasis on functionality and intuition, and our present 'instant' culture, full of new and emerging technologies. The pieces convey the juxtaposition between ancient shapes and computer-generated shapes; between textures - matte and shiny, rough and smooth; between colors - the natural red clay color, with the bright saturated colors coating the white clay; between seriousness and playfulness. The HYBRIDS project was awarded the Holon Design Museum Selection 2018 prize.

Creator	Tal Batit
Manufacturer	Tal Batit
Design Period	From 2000
Country of Manufacture	Israel
Identifying Marks	Stamped by maker
Style	Contemporary
Detailed Condition	New — This is a new (unused) item of contemporary design.
Product Code	AMD-285169
Additional Information	Made to Order Made by Hand Open Edition
Materials	Ceramic
Color	Brown, red, royal blue
Width	15 cm 15 cm
Height	27 cm 27 cm
Duties Notice	Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order.

Shipping & Delivery

Manufacturing Time	We will contact you in regards to lead time when the order is placed.
Ships from	Israel
Duties Notice	Import duty is not included in the prices you see online. You may have to pay import duties upon receipt of your order.
Returns	Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery, except for Made-to-order items

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About the Creator

Tal Batit

Tel Aviv-based designer and artist Tal Batit was born in Ashdod, Israel in 1988. He studied Industrial Design at the Holon Institute of Technology (H.I.T.), graduating in 2017 with distinction, where he discovered his passion for the medium of ceramics. Batit’s eponymous studio, which specializes in innovative sculptures, vases, and tabletop accessories, is based in Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Batit’s aesthetic is refreshing, to say the least. The young designer mixes inspiration from ancient ceramic traditions and cultures with a contemporary palette and finish, giving a distinct post-modernist flair to his quirky creations while retaining the artisanal quality of the natural materials. Batit himself explains that his work “always deals with contradictions, dissonances, contrasts—both textural and visual” and says that color is always a central motif. The Hybrids (2017) collection, Batit’s graduation project from H.I.T., concisely illustrates his conceptual and aesthetic approach. The series consists of a range of ceramic vessels, vases, and sculptural tabletop accessories, each of which is made by combining three or more separate parts.

Cleverly, each of the component pieces in the series was created with exactly the same diameter, allowing the designer to experiment with different combinations to create unlikely and engaging forms. Every combined Hybrid assemblage consists of at least one piece made from red terracotta and another formed from white earthenware; the pieces are individually glazed, assembled, and fired in the kiln—during the final firing process, the glaze fuses the pieces together to create a new hybrid form. Batit is truly taking the traditional medium of ceramics into a new era: some of his more complex forms are created with the help of custom 3D-printed molds that he develops and produces. His unique approach has already gained the recent graduate some international attention. Hybrids was exhibited at Fresh Paint art fair in Israel and at Seoul Design Week in 2018; the project also awarded the Holon Design Museum Selection prize. Following his graduation from H.I.T., Batit was the recipient of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship.