Three are the possible direction that I am indicating in this diagram:1st. Considering the new shape of pasta as an evolution of the first two (orecchiette and pizzarieddhi=maritati). This means that the new shape is conceived as a "son", symbol of fertility, fruit and result of the first two.2nd. Design a shape which syntesises the first two, in a more direct idea of sexuality. An embrace, a warm touch.3rd. Try to take the essence of the shape of orecchiette and pizzarieddhi and provide a tool which make it feasible and easier to make them. Such a third direction aims to keep the shape of the original traditional pasta as much as possible. At the moment I am quite critical towards this point and I am investing more on the other two.
venerdì 27 aprile 2007
The first example, Unfoldings, opens, letting seeds (I still don't know made of what, pasta, or other matters) spreading through the dish.
The second one, Embedded, is a sphere, also symbol of fertility, recalling the shape of an egg. A seed (pea?) is inserted in the small piece of dough creating the spherical shape and is part of the dish, after cooking the pasta and dressing it with a sauce.
giovedì 26 aprile 2007
I am Valentina De Lorenzis, Man and Humanity italian student at the Design Academy,
Eindhoven. In this blog I am going to post the development in time of the shapes for the pasta I
am designing. The topic for the pasta is fertility inspired by the maritati (married), a special
kind of fresh hand made traditional pasta from the south of Italy. The antropomorphical forms
of such a pasta have a symbolical meaning as a wish for fertility, and should inspire my new
forms. Enjoy!
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