EDWARD STEFFANNI
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God-Shaped Hole 

2022-Ongoing

​God-Shaped Hole is a developing project exploring the connections between the queer body, spirituality, and nature through ceramics, printmaking, and performance. The project draws parallels between the concealment of sexual orientation and hunting in nature. Repurposing a box blind–used by the human predator to spot prey without being seen–as a space to focus on the prey itself, meditating on concealability and the surveillance of the queer experience. 

Funded through the Rhode Island School of Design's SPUR Fund, the project began by researching works of art in Italy from Rome to Faenza, visiting holy sites, and studying maiolica painting at Faenza Art Ceramic Center. Maiolica refers to the white-glazed pottery of the Italian Renaissance where the style was popularized, with major centers of production in Deruta, Faenza, and Florence. See below for small works I created while in residency, the first installation and process of the pattern development. 
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​Through the Trees from Echoes of Print Portfolio SGCI 2024, 2024, 6-Layer silkscreen, inkjet print on paper. 15 x 20 in. 
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No Surrender, Silkscreen on paper, 15 x 18.5 in., 2024
Before I Let Go, Etching with Chine-colle handmade paper, 11 x 11 in (Plate), 2025
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Queer Deer Target, Etching, aquatint, and silkscreen on paper, 11 x 14 in., 2024
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God-Shaped Hole, 2022-Ongoing, Box blind with partial maiolica glazed terracotta and stoneware, unfinished wood crate, wire fence, ink-jet printed fabric, hand-dyed cotton, and nails, Dimensions variable 
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Residency and Installation Process Photos

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​Sketches of ceramic tondos and installation walls, Pen drawing, 16in x 19in, 2022-23
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1/16 Scale model of Box Blind, underglaze on white stoneware, 2022-23, 5 x 5.25 x 6 in
Maiolica on Faenza clay
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The process for developing the patterns for the installation began with copperplate etchings that were hand-colored and then digitized into Adobe Illustrator. 
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  • Work
    • God-Shaped Hole
    • sometimes like butterflies
    • Friend of Dorothy
    • Lifting the Bucket
  • ABOUT
  • CV / INFO
    • Student Work
  • News