British designer Tamsin van Essen has created ceramic cups that appear to have been colonized by various bacteria. Pictured above is streptococcus. No matter how thirsty I was I couldn't be convinced to drink from that vessel .
The raw clay for these cups was contaminated with various 'foreign' materials, to mimic the growth and multiplication of bacterial colonies. Bringing the microscopic to the macroscopic level, the contamination spread in an uncontrollable way during firing.
Link - Via Book Of Joe
this could be the solution for keeping food away from office refridgerator thieves.
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Someone low enough to steal your food might not be deterred by a little bacteria.
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Yikes, that looks like a pain in the butt to wash, not to mention some weak looking craft- :O
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Thanks for saying it first, choggie. I checked out the link. I am no art critic, but I am unimpressed.
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