Honey, I’m home.
An exquisite memory tile installation by Nicole Tani
What feels like home to you? Is it a feeling? A location? A familiar memory?
Through a series of rearrangeable ceramic tiles, I invite you to explore the fluidity behind the idea of home—not as something fixed, but as something constantly remade. Each tile holds fragments of personal history and collective symbols, coming together to form a story that changes every time it’s retold.
All tiles are made with love, tenderness, curiosity, compassion…bliss….serenity….
Instructions : move around tiles until it starts to feel like home.
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Working in ceramics and illustration, I aim to investigate how ceramics have served as vessels for illustrated stories that endure for generations. My work reflects on the concept of memory – how it is shaped, preserved, and distorted over time – and how we can use ceramics to encapsulate what is meaningful today for future generations. I am interested in the inherent storytelling and historical significance of ceramics. Throughout history, ceramics have carried narratives, cultural traditions, and personal stories, preserving them across centuries. With these tiles, I use the abstraction of everyday signs and symbols to create my own visual lexicon.
Clay is a material synonymous with the body. It is also known as a “time-based medium.” Like us, clay holds a physical memory – when bent or shaped, the clay remembers its original form, much like the way our lives are shaped by the people and events around us. This metaphorical connection between clay and memory supports my work. Composed of individual parts that come together to form a larger whole, mosaics mirror the nature of memory. They allow for reassembly and reinterpretation, much like how memories evolve when revisited.