THE IDEA OF BELONGING TO A PLACE OR GROUP IS FUNDAMENTAL TO BEING HUMAN. WE DENOTE IT IN WHERE AND HOW WE LIVE AND CULTIVATE, HOW WE TRADE AND ADORN OURSELVES LEAVING CLUES LIKE BREADCRUMBS ACROSS THE WORLD. THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES TRADE HAS SPREAD PEOPLE, IDEAS, TECHNIQUES AND TRADITIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, ENABLING AND DISENFRANCHISING WHOLE COMMUNITIES.
THE BLUE AND WHITE HERE SPEAKS OF CERAMICS AND DYES USED AND TRANSPORTED BY A MYRIAD OF CULTURES INCLUDING COLONIALISM THAT SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD LIKE A VIRUS AS A SORT SUBTLE SOCIAL DISTINGUISHER OF DOMINANCE. THE SEA CAPTAIN WEARING A PAPER CROWN AND A RAT LIKE FIGURE FRONTING HIS LOINS SPEAKS OF THE DISTANT , ABSTRACT CONTROL HELD OVER THOSE DEEMED FIT TO GOVERN.
