Dezeen Magazine

Trilogy by Karen Ryan

British designer Karen Ryan has created a series of plates called Trilogy by removing the surface decoration of existing chinaware to form provocative messages.

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The platters, featuring the words "lies", "beauty" and "forever beloved", are the latest additions to her Second Hand Plate series, which appropriates found Willow Pattern chinaware.

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There are a whole bunch of links to more Dezeen stories about Karen Ryan here.

Here's a little bit of text from Ryan:

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Trilogy in Willow Pattern 2009. Part of the Second Hand Plate series 2005 to 2008.

I damage secondhand old plates. I remove the decorative patterns that camouflage our everyday lies and in its place I leave words that prick our conscience and create portraits of hidden domestics left open for others to interpret.