AIDA KHALID CV
Aida Khalid is a design educator and registered architect who began her foray into pottery-making under the tutelage of master potter Dr Iskandar Jalil. Her experience in architecture and design education allows her to interweave both fields of expertise, whether it be embedding architectural nuances in her sculptural forms, or transmuting travel and place memories into pottery.
Predominantly centred on exploring her cultural identity and Asian heritage, Aida draws inspiration from everyday objects and her surroundings for her work, while harvesting and using local clay in its purest form to create everyday pots and objects. The tactility of her work reflects the potter's intent to convey her experiences and encounters, while the organic, textured surface and materiality, as well as intertwining layers and gradations of colour all draw attention to the process of making. She adopts an almost intuitive approach in exploring and experimenting with the form, structure, and materiality of clay in her works, and constantly seeks to transcend the functional aspects of the pot and the limitations of the clay.
“I’ve been focused on working on the tactile and evocative qualities of my work, while keeping the aesthetic rooted in simplicity. Each work retains some evidence of the process of making, with each subtle imperfection telling a little part of the story. The works are made through a process of exploring and experimenting with the form, structure, and materiality of the clay. I wanted to see if the clay could be more than just a slip or decoration, and have been fixated on form-making with clay and also using local clay in its purest form to create everyday objects.”
