NRIN (2023)

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NRIN IS A NEW SERIES OF VESSELS BY MIMINAT SHODEINDE WHICH SEEKS TO METAMORPHOSE METAL TO A LIQUID FORM. NRIN'S NAME COMES FROM THE YORUBA WORD FOR FEMALE, OBINRIN. 

RENDERED IN WOOD AND METAL, SHODEINDE’S CONVERSATIONAL DESIGNS RELY ON METAL’S COLD BRILLIANCE, SHOWCASING ITS TRANSFORMATION IN EXPERT HANDS TO FORMS SUFFUSED WITH FEELING, ENERGY AND MOVEMENT. ORGANIC GESTURES BALANCE WITH THE HARMONY OF MATERIALS CREATING CONTEMPORARY SINUOUS SHAPES THAT ARE BOTH ELEGANT IN FORM BUT FUNCTIONAL. THE FLOWING METAL FORM ECHOES THE SOFTNESS OF THE FEMALE ESSENCE AND THE MIRRORED FINISH NODS TO INNER REFLECTION, ALLOWING TWO SIDES TO BE SEEN AS ONE. THE CENTRAL WOODEN COLUMN SIGNALS STRENGTH AND STABILITY AND IS A REFERENCE TO AFRICAN MATERIALITY WHICH INSPIRES SHODEINE'S WORK. ON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE CAST ALUMINUM THAT SURROUNDS THE VESSEL IS SUBTLY GRAINED WITH TEXTURES THAT REPRESENT THE POLLEN GRAINS OF FLOWERS WHICH THE VESSELS WILL HOLD.

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