Concerned with seeking the harmonies within opposites, my work explores the emotional territory of my lived experiences through metaphorical narratives embedded within the ceramic surfaces.
Here below is "My Stories" Collection - a trilogy of some significant moments in my life.
Title: My Stories ~ Hurt Bore Wisdom (2024)
'Hurt Bore Wisdom' consists of seven slipcast heart-shaped vessels, saggar-fired in an electric kiln.
These reflect my experiential learning through various early middle-age challenges. The stabbing cuts illustrate the hurts while the scorched key marks represent the wisdom gained.
Title: My Stories ~ Heart as Still Water (心如止水) Teapot (2024)
'Heart as Still Water' is a human-heart shaped, slipcast teapot decorated with a rice-grain pattern, on a base of ornamental water. This symbolises my current state of mind, as calm as still water.
Title: My Stories ~ Young Me (2024)
'Young Me' illustrates the happy memories of my youth, using slipcast and hand building techniques. The figurative forms depict my favourite life events, together with the rice-grain (Ling Long) pattern representing my cultural heritage.
Other works...
Title: Failure is Mother of Success (2023)
Size: 45cm (H) x 30cm (W) x 20cm (D)
Material: Porcelain Casting Slip, Hand-built Porcelain with Underglaze and Glaze
Title: Ling-Long Rosie Pot (2023)
Size: 28cm (H) x 13cm (W) x 13cm (D)
Material: Porcelain Casting Slip, Hand-built Porcelain Ornament, 'Rice-Grain' (Ling Long) Glazing
Title: Past on Current (2023)
Material: Porcelain Casting Slip
Technique: Saggar Firing with electric kiln
Ling-Long Glaze on Saggar Firing Vase
Ling-Long Glaze on Saggar Firing Vase
Title: Ling-Long Glaze on Saggar-Fired Pot (2023)
Size: 28cm (H) x 13cm (W) x 13cm (D)
Material: Porcelain Casting Slip, Saggar-Firing with electric kiln, 'Rice-Grain' (Ling Long) Glazing
Title: Break-Free (2023)
Size: 30cm (H) x 38cm (W) x 30cm (D)
Material: Porcelain and Glass (Pâte de verre)
Title: Fly High (2023)
Size: 10cm (H) x 37cm (W) x 26cm (D)
Material: Porcelain and Glass(Pâte de verre)
Title: Crest Bowl (2023)
Size: 12cm (H) x 20cm (W) x 21cm (D)
Material: White Stoneware
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Title: My Summer with Lupus (2023)
Size: 15cm (H) x 13cm (W) x 12cm (D)
Material: Stoneware with underglaze
Title: Bird Cage & Roses (2023)
Size: 28cm (H) x 21cm (W) x 21cm (D)
Material: White Stoneware
Title: Ruined Hearts (2024)
Size: 15cm (H) x 12cm (W) x 7cm (D)
Material & Technique: Porcelain, slip casted, saggar-fired in electric kiln
Title: Three Little Guys (2023)
Material: White Stoneware
Technique: Saggar-firing in electric kiln
Title: Perennial (2023)
Size: 23cm (H) x 11cm (W) x 8cm (D)
Material: White Stoneware
Title: Colour Bird (2023)
Size: 13cm (H) x 13cm (W) x 9cm (D)
Material: White Stoneware
Title: When She Fell....(2020)
Size: 39cm (H) x 26cm (W) x 30cm (D)
Material: Crank & White Stoneware