Concept
This project explores ceramics as a site for tactile engagement with nature. Using handbuilding and slump-building techniques, I investigate how repeated floral motifs and soft, organic forms can shift everyday vessels from purely functional objects into sensory artifacts that are recognizably me.
The work centers on a single floral sprig mold, alternating between the chrysanthemum and lotus. The project is rooted in close observation of nature; the repeated flower functions more like a natural pattern than an image. Its recurrence across plates, vases, and small vessels mirrors how forms in nature repeat with variation, connecting the objects as a set while allowing each piece to remain individual.
Color functions as a conceptual and material reference to nature. Underglazes inspired by shells, grass, water, flowers, and stone are used to evoke natural environments without literal representation. Rather than aiming for perfect symmetry or refinement, the forms embrace slight irregularities (soft edges and sharper points, visible handwork and asymmetry), reinforcing the relationship between the maker's body and the final object. The maker, myself, is irregular, asymmetrical, inconsistent, and my work emphasizes these irregularities found within us and in the nature around us.