Kevin McNamee-Tweed: Vessel continues at Cob Gallery. The ‘vessel’ of the exhibition’s title points not only to the ceramic pots and vase forms which appear repeatedly in the show, but also to the history and function of the term as a metaphor. One particularly significant allusion is to Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 ‘Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction’, which itself drew on anthropologist Elizabeth Fisher’s earlier ‘Carrier Bag Theory of Evolution’: the idea that humanity’s first and most critical technological innovation was not an arrow or a tool for killing, but a carrier bag to transport and keep food. Applying Fisher’s theory to literature, Le Guin argued for a suspicious approach to the ‘techno-heroics’ that have been propagated endlessly throughout human culture. Instead, she wrote in favour of a type of narrative that would not orbit around heroes or conflict or high drama or linear time, but rather hold stories woven into daily life: fragmentary, cyclical and nuanced. Until 01 October Flowers in a Water Glass, 2022 Glazed ceramic 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in Mustard Flower Vase on Thick Afternoon, 2022 Glazed ceramic 18.4 x 16.5 cm 7 1/4 x 6 1/2 in Weight of Red Flowers in Water, 2022 Glazed ceramic 17.8 x 11.4 cm 7 x 4 1/2 in York Flowers, 2022 Glazed ceramic 19.1 x 21.6 cm 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 in Flower Vase (Spiral), 2022 Glazed ceramic 19.1 x 13.3 cm 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in White Woo Flower Vase, 2022 Glazed ceramic 17.8 x 10.2 cm 7 x 4 in @cottontweed #kevinmcnameetweed #cobgallery #ceramics #ceramicpainting