“Is family bond only based on blood relation?” I began to gain awareness of the definition of family during one trip with my friends. In some case or certain situations, some people kept me company when we were sharing the same activities, and they appeared to be more like “the family” for me. Hence, I made reference to the photos documenting these pieces of memory to portray the scenes which formed the idea of homes on ceramic tiles, through which houses are constructed. All the precious per ...

“What is a home?” In exploring the spaces people have called homes, it’s not difficult to figure the use of ceramics. Therefore, I considered ceramics a material medium which carries the notion of homes and used them to produce items in my home in reference to the most heartfelt casual photos I had taken, creating a series of works that can be more easily read, compared, or linked together like a string of clues. Ceramic paints create a new rule of colouring and transform the original imagery ...

While I was making bowls and pinching clay, the organic medium, with my hands, the process always brought back memories about where I once lived or what I had used before. These objects summoned my emotion for the homes I once lived in, and the bowls became a tunnel to access the past for me as well as a stand to observe for the viewers. Through such arrangement, will there be any connection built between the creator and viewers, or will they appear to be miracles as private memory can now be ...

Combining the craftsmanship of pottery and lacquer art together, kintsugi (golden repair) makes the broken pieces of ceramics whole again with romance. The recovered bowls always carry lots of memories and stories. A bowl of rice carves out the family bond which motivates fathers to work hard days and nights, which pushes children to take care of their parents, and which shows how fathers brighten up their children with love. The sweet burden turns into warmness in not only stomachs but also ...