CERAMICS

The experience of ceramics-making has given me an added dimension to a visual expression of a three-dimensional form. Clay may well be regarded as a little more than a wet weather nuisance, but its characteristics of plasticity and porousity has given me an exhilarating experience of ceramics making.


"Form-of-isolation"

‘Form-of-isolation’ was the result of the fusion between the ceramics of the past with the current context of the 20th century. I was inspired to infuse the Earthenware storage jar of the Greek period of the 8th century B.C and the ‘Lily bowl’ by Rolf Bartz of Australia created in 1991.
The soft-slab method was used to embed the relief-form of the lily motif and was integrated with the coiling method which proved to be a challenge in maintaining the near-to-symmetrical balance of the form. The ceramics work is an expression of an art form to serve a function without compromising its aesthetic value but more than it is designed to communicate a certain visual meaning of a strong and sensual characteristic of a woman. A single lily as a relief within the enormous body of the vessel would clearly project such characteristic.

"Pinching" technique

"Slab" technique