Fruit Dish - "Brooklyn Ferry" c. 1936

This fruit dish, "Brooklyn Ferry," was created by Helmut Hiatt, who lived from 1855 to 1995. Imagine Hiatt shaping this dish, working with clay and glazes. The surface is alive with a kind of watery, almost vibrating energy. It's amazing how Hiatt was able to create the effect of flow. It's like the dish itself is a memory of Brooklyn, a place of constant movement and change. I wonder, was he thinking about the experience of crossing the river, the city skyline blurring in the distance? Or was he simply playing with the idea of containment, creating a vessel for the fruits of the city? The holes around the rim aren't just decoration, but portals, suggesting other possible worlds. Artists are always learning from each other, across generations and across mediums, in an ongoing dance of ideas.