Description

This sculptural red teapot transforms an object associated with comfort, ritual, and domesticity into a provocative exploration of gender, sexuality, and power. Replacing the traditional spout with an exaggerated phallic form, the piece disrupts the familiarity of the household object, exposing the patriarchal dynamics often embedded within domestic spaces and cultural expectations of femininity.
The glossy red surface evokes passion, seduction, and danger, heightening the tension between humour and discomfort that runs throughout the work. By merging the intimate symbolism of the teapot with overt sexual imagery, the sculpture challenges viewers to reconsider how gendered roles and power structures are normalised within everyday life. Simultaneously playful and confrontational, the work uses ceramic transformation and surreal exaggeration to question authority, desire, and the performance of identity within both private and public spheres.