Projects — Caponi Ceramics

Mugs for Memories. Ceramic with glaze and custom printed decals. The decal confetti are abstracted from old family photographs. This work is an on going fundraiser for The Alzheimer Association. Please email for more information.

untitled (window series), porcelain with glaze on steel rods. 2011- on going Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension,

untitled (window series) , porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going. Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and

untitled (window series) , porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going. Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and

untitled (window series) , porcelain and glaze on steel. 2011 - on going. Developed during my graduate school research 2011-2013, this work is a continuation of considerations around the permeability of space as a metaphor for form extension, and

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Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Found Ming Dynasty Saggar and Porcelain. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin p

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Jindezhen Porcelain with Glaze. 2017 - on going Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as thin porcelain

Saggar | Form Series , Digital Print, Ming Dynasty Form overlaid in cast form. 2019 Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as th

Saggar | Form Series , Digital Print, Ming Dynasty Form overlaid in cast form. 2019 Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as th

Saggar | Form Series , Digital Print, Ming Dynasty Form overlaid in cast form. 2019 Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as th

Saggar | Form Series , Digital Print, Ming Dynasty Form overlaid in cast form. 2019 Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as th

Saggar | Form Series , Digital Print, Ming Dynasty Form overlaid in cast form. 2019 Ming Dynasty collapsed saggar and porcelain forms were collected from various sites around Jingdezhen, China, and moved through the mold making process; cast as th

| Taking Form |   Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University. May, 2013.

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To Touch the Sky with Two Arms . Exhibition at Holding House, Detroit, MI. 2016 (detail image of recording session with artist’s family eating homemade pasta made by the artist, following the recipe of his paternal grandmother, ate off an inherited

detail of homemade pasta over artist’s hands.

The Mantle, The Home, and The Window.  (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detri

The Mantle, The Home, and The Window.  (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detri

The Mantle, The Home, and The Window.  (detail: The Mantle) framed graphite rendering of abscised tumbleweed part, framed collage of porcelain confetti, section of sheetrock from childhood bedroom, resin cast quart containers with studio detri

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island and sandbox.  black porcelain with glaze, sheetrock, steel, concrete, paper and ink. 2016

island and sandbox. (detail) The forms were derived from casting plaster into the root cavities of temporarily removed plants in my childhood yard, and making a mold of the plaster positive. The dimensions of the table are exact to that of th

To Touch the Sky with Two Arms. Two person exhibition at Holding House, Detroit, MI 2016

Holding House . Custom fabricate Porcelain Tape-Cast, Plexiglass, Sheetrock, Steel. 2016

collaboration with artist's daughter