Artist Zeina Aboul-Hosn's ceramics at the 'Light Me Up!' exhibit. (Credit: Courtesy of the artist)
Clay Stories Collective brought together eight ceramists—Zeina Aboul-Hosn, Hassan Kamel-Sabbah, Yasmina Khalife, Majdoline Hatoum, Wafaa Bilal, Ali Karout, Dina Maalouf, Colette Arslan—who create glazed pottery with offbeat excursions, using exclusively Lebanese clay. At their latest installation of ‘Light me up!’, we found quaint, curvy candelabra, zany square-shaped mugs with tentacles and other imaginative works, each huddling a beeswax candle.Filmmaker and ceramist Zeina Aboul-Hosn discovered ceramics after moving back to Beirut from London 10 years ago. Drawn to the touch and color of Lebanese clay, she uses it exclusively in her work: Last year, she co-founded Clay Stories Collective, with a grant from UNESCO, to engage the ceramics audience with its possibilities. Colette Arslan has been a ceramist since 2000 and studied Fine Arts...
Clay Stories Collective brought together eight ceramists—Zeina Aboul-Hosn, Hassan Kamel-Sabbah, Yasmina Khalife, Majdoline Hatoum, Wafaa Bilal, Ali Karout, Dina Maalouf, Colette Arslan—who create glazed pottery with offbeat excursions, using exclusively Lebanese clay. At their latest installation of ‘Light me up!’, we found quaint, curvy candelabra, zany square-shaped mugs with tentacles and other imaginative works, each huddling a beeswax candle.Filmmaker and ceramist Zeina Aboul-Hosn discovered ceramics after moving back to Beirut from London 10 years ago. Drawn to the touch and color of Lebanese clay, she uses it exclusively in her work: Last year, she co-founded Clay Stories Collective, with a grant from UNESCO, to engage the ceramics audience with its possibilities. Colette Arslan has been a ceramist since 2000 and studied...