Nathalyn Nunoo is a ceramicist and writer who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She cross-references poetry, nature and organic form through ceramic vessels, seating and lighting as a space-making exercise that expresses inner worlds.
Outside of design she hosts Nest, a writers collective; sings jazz and loves imagining beautiful futures for the Black diaspora.
For inquiries, email nathalyn.nunoo@gmail.com
Cross-referencing poetry and utility through ceramic objects, Nathalyn Nunoo uses clay as a personal metaphor for world-making: minerals and chemicals forming the fundamental components of planets and stars, heat and spontaneous reaction causing crystallization and ultimate transformation. Her recent work speaks to communal grouping, presence and rest through the forms of stools and vessels.
Through form and surface technique, Nunoo interprets natural elements such as plants, rocks and waterbodies. This interest in nature also extends itself as vessels pouring out canvas-like folds of thin slabs; challenging ceramics obvious association as a static medium to be one full of fluidity, life and motion.
Nunoo opts for smooth surfaces or rugged textures to capture the essence of water, fiber, muddied sediment and the gesture of her hands. Using this abstract expression, she unravels and explores what dynamic, imaginative, and safe spaces look like for herself as a Black woman in the diaspora.