Benedetta Pompili is a social designer, focusing on the cultural significance and environmental impact of materials within her practice.
Conversing with Matter is a material research exploring the by-product of the treatment of asbestos as a filler and glaze for ceramics.
As a grog, it strengthens the body of the clay while reducing the quantity of mined material needed. It in fact can substitute the 50% of the amount of clay.
The material exploration was materialised in a set of 100 vessels and 450 wall tiles, configuring the architectural and insulating possibilities of the composition while in dialogue with the past uses of asbestos."
