Edmund de waal is a modern ceramic artist, known for his vast installations of simplistic porcelain pots. He says that the repetition of making and producing is and expression of time, his works are all lined up and unified however still show unique stories and a snapshot of time in each individual pot. ‘A thousand hours” explores the significance of the process leading up to the exhibition of work, the name forces you to consider the process as something equal and as full as the outcome. The shelfs replicate something you would see at home, collected goods protected and out of reach, familiar but special. This formed connections with my project of short term fragile memory due to process you go through whilst looking at them. He explains that the idea is that you catch sight of something then focus on that and then soon loose that pot amongst the many others; still there but currently irrelevant, pushed to the back of your brain. You can see the history and memories preserved in a physical object, the fingerprints and imperfections bring back a reminder of the hours spent touching and shaping the clay.