Jennie Marino

Death by Pottery

In the tragic drama, The Ballad of Yachiyo, a broken piece of  Japanese pottery serves as the method of self destruction.

The challenge:

A piece of pottery is smashed against the floor and a broken shard is used to commit suicide.

The solution:

A mold was made of an authentic piece of Japanese pottery used in the production.

A rubber replica of the bowl was created.  A hollow rubber pottery shard was sculpted and cast to hold stage blood.

When rubber bowl is violently smashed against the floor, a shard is then picked up and drawn across the wrist – depositing the crimson line of life.