Raymond RorkeRaymond Rorke Ceramics
K N O L L I N G
Knolling is the practice of arranging objects in an orderly fashion. As a method of organization, it creates clarity and context -- and, ultimately, narratives around form, object, and material, as well as subtexts about knowledge, ownership, and value. Knolling is visual poetry.
The term knolling was first used in 1987 by a janitor (Andrew Kromelow) at Frank Gehry's furniture fabrication shop. At the time, Gehry was designing chairs for the Knoll company, and each evening Kromelow would neatly arrange Gehry's drafting tools for the next day.
These knolling studies of clay and found objects may evoke specimens displayed in natural history museums, archaeological finds, or exploded views of complex mass-produced machinery -- or perhaps your uncle's prized collection of English billhooks, or even the everyday utensils in your kitchen drawer.
