Jacob Skov b. 1971, Danish Ceramist
Jacob Skov graduated Designskolen Kolding in 2001 where he studied ceramics. He works mainly with stoneware and porcelain with a primary emphasis on form, and most of his works are construction-based. His typical focus is functional, and he describes his work process as experimental and explorative: “I see my work as a series of experiments in an explorative process, where my focus is on arriving at a functional object.” Jacob finds his inspiration, the basis for this explorative process, in everyday life and in things that he finds puzzling or fascinating. Jacob’s works have been exhibited in TALENTE 2002 at Internationale Handwerksmesse in Munich, among other places, and he was awarded the Cirrus travel grant by the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2000. |
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Stack it!Stack It! is a series of identical porcelain cups that are designed to be stacked side by side rather than on top of each other as is conventional. The indentation in the side of the cup and the half-dome in the bottom act as locking mechanisms and enable a wide range of stacking approaches. “The amazing thing was that when I held the cups in my hands and was about to stack them for the first time, it was as if the cups had a life of their own with all sorts of funky stacking options,” designer Jacob Skov says. The underlying vision and aesthetic basis is that when the cups are stacked they form a sculptural element, where the individual cup becomes subordinate to the larger picture. Initially, the cups were made as a plaster model; from this model several moulds were produced that are now used for casting the cups. The cups feature the raw, white porcelain on the outside and have a transparent glaze on the inside. |
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