Whitepoeming - Porcelain Collection by Korean Artist Wonjae Jo
I myself have been focusing heavily on porcelain after spending a number of months working solely with stoneware clay. Porcelain has that ability to pull you in and keep you gripped for a lifetime. My personal interest is linked with the colour white, a colour that can be attained by blending all the colours of the spectrum together. But I'm also interested in how you can play with the opacity and textures with this specific clay body.
Wonjae Jo has confirmed my thinking this with a new collection of work for 2017 titled Whitepoeming. This is a series of vessels that are constructed on the potters wheel and later cut and trimmed by hand. The white porcelain walls have been painstakingly shaved to make a unique pattern and rhythmic composition that draws your eye in and keeps you intrigued.
It's obvious to see that Wonjae Jo is inspired by light itself and how this plays a role in the appearance of the vessel. This specific cutting technique on the already thin walls emphasises the transparency and reveals light depending on the depth of the crevice. It's a real marvel how the light and shadows intertwine, I'm truly in awe. Here are a few photos from this specific collection by Wonjae Jo, other work like this can be seen on the portfolio linked below.
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Lines and Colour Patches - Paintings by American Artist Ethan Cook
Unified Aesthetic - Paintings by Laura Naples & Kristen Giorgi of NG Collective
Distorting Function Through Sculpture - Twig Vases by Woodworker Julian Watts
In Favour of Simple - Furniture by Irish Designer and Maker Simon Doyle
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These are beautiful. I would love to see if it's possible to create beautiful porcelain masks.
Yeah, very beautiful. In Korea they certainly have some talented craftsmen. :)