Chocolate Tart

I thought that it might be time to review what I had written for my application for Master of Fine Art:

I will create a collection of vessels which will extend my exploration of the making process and the partnership between maker and metal. Additionally, I will consider the relationship between the core and the skin of the vessel – exploring the vessel as receiver and container.  Finally, I will examine the dynamics of the group of vessels.

1. I am still focusing on  a collection of vessels, though they are not all vessels in the traditional sense.  The collection that I have chosen are those used in chocolate treat making.  This became a necessity as I needed something that tied me to home, and the fun, nurturing parts of home.  These are - the mixing bowl, the rolling pin, the wooden spoon, the patty pan, and egg.  
2. Slowly I am examining the dynamics of  the group of vessels by placing them in different arrangements in drawings and, soon, in situ.
3. The core and skin of the vessel is still important, though I can't quite remember what I meant by those words.  
4. Vessel as receiver and container is still an important aspect of my work.  The importance of the mixing bowl to be large and heavy; the patty pan dripping of chocolate; the purity of the egg.  
5. Now that I have my forms I would like to explore their 'beingness'.   Their ability to function or not as the objects that they propose to be.
6. The words - partnership between maker and metal -  spring out at me at this point.  Is metal as important to me as I believe?  What would happen if they were not metal?