Display Level

I will show my works that were thrown by various body parts at the same level of these parts. 

Research cabinets

I researched cabinets and the relationship between cabinets and works in the field of contemporary art   to make cabinets for my miniature pots.

Matthew Day Jackson

Haim Sreinbach

Edmund de Waal

I made wood cabinets for my miniature pots.

                      

Market Research - COLLECT 2015-

I visited COLLECT 2015 in saatchi gallery to research the craft market.

The number of works that focus on glazes is small. There are a lot of no glaze porcelain and clear glazed porcelain.

This work made by Rupert Merton was similar to my pots. He showed many pots in the cabinets. His display way and pricing would be good reference for me.

Dulwhich Artist Festival 2015

I took part in the Dulwhich Artist Festival 2015, I displayed my miniature pots in Tom&Ingrid Beazly House. I sold many miniature pots and got a lot of customer's opinions. 

This was a very useful time to understand customer's preference, for example colour, forms and size of miniature pots.  also I got a lot of information about market of ceramic and miniature, for instance shops or people who like miniature things.

Talking with customers give me  good opinions and inspiration. I am going to take part in this kind of exhibitions as much as I can in the future.

Indian pottery -throw by the same motion and apply the same amount of pressure-

The proposal for the study tour of Indian pottery.

I am currently researching the relationship between the human body and art in the field of craft. In India, there is a tradition of drinking chai in disposable biscuit cups. To accommodate this practice, a large amount of biscuit cups is made every day. The goal of this trip is to observe the production process of chai cups around Kolkata, to gather inspiration and incorporate it into my practice.

In the production of these cups, Indian potters throw them quickly on the wheel, creating approximately three cups per minute. They make cups of a similar size and shape not by using tools to measure, but rather by their hands. They throw by the same motion and apply the same amount of pressure. It is an amazing technique that reveals one of the ways in which the human body and artwork are related in the creation process. Moreover, they use no tools to make the cups’ surface smooth, so their hands mark the surface of each cup. This illustrates another aspect of the relationship between the human body and artwork. This practice is expected to be an important research object.

I have proposed a ten-day journey. While this may seem a bit long for only one city, it is justified by the complexity of the practice. I would like to see the entire process, from the digging up of the clay to the firing of the cups. Chai cups are made of local clay and fired at very low temperatures, a unique and remarkable characteristic.

This trip to the field is expected to give me great inspiration as I explore new relationships between the artist’s body and artwork. I want to find out innovative contact ways with clay through this trip.