Taste In Memory
Taste in Memory explores how food carries memory, identity, and a sense of belonging across time and distance. Drawing from my migration from Myanmar to Malaysia and the United States, I recreate familiar dishes in porcelain as a way to preserve fleeting experiences. These foods, once tied to survival and comfort, are transformed into fragile, permanent forms. The delicacy of porcelain reflects the instability of memory and the vulnerability of displacement. Surface details and textures evoke sensory recollections, especially taste and smell, that cannot be physically retained.
FRAGMENTS OF HOME I
porcelain, stoneware, glaze, underglaze
10 × 12 ½ × 54 ¼ inches
FRAGMENTS OF HOME II
FRAGMENTS OF HOME III
FRAGMENTS OF HOME IV
FRAGMENTS OF HOME V
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) I
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) II
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) III
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) IV
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) V
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) VI
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) VII
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) VIII
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) IX
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) X
FRAGMENTS OF HOME (Detail) XI
FROM THE FATHERLAND I
porcelain, stoneware, glaze, underglaze
variables
FROM THE FATHERLAND III
FROM THE FATHERLAND II
FROM THE FATHERLAND IV
SHARED FAMILY RITUAL I
porcelain, glaze, underglaze, wood
12 × 37 ½ × 3 ¼ inches
SHARED FAMILY RITUAL II
TRACES OF GATHERING
porcelain, glaze, underglaze, wood
variables
Hold Between Worlds (Detail)
Hold Between Worlds
porcelain, stoneware glaze, underglaze,
12 × 37 ½ × 3 ¼ inches