Biography
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Artist Areas of Focus
-Vision of Nature In His Cups:
-Cups are usually porcelain with a sense of lightness and translucency
-Uses potter's wheel and slab-building
-Usually some sort of liquid (cup, teapot) holding vessel with a stand
-His works give off feelings of shelter (cups), caves and piers (stands)
Contrast
- Both Constructed and Organic
- Idea that Nature is Universal (EXAMPLE: A mountain is a mountain in Japan or New York)
- Represents different parts or aspects of the environment
- He described with his works as a “neutral vision of landscapes” (Ceramics Monthly)
- In other words, nature’s pure-unfinished beauty gives comfort
-Cups are usually porcelain with a sense of lightness and translucency
-Uses potter's wheel and slab-building
-Usually some sort of liquid (cup, teapot) holding vessel with a stand
-His works give off feelings of shelter (cups), caves and piers (stands)
Contrast
- Functional while also being sculptural
- Like many Taiwanese Artists: influenced by older (early 1900’s) Mingei Japanese Pottery
Fang's Works
My “Cupitcher Set”
10” x 6” x 9”
Ceramic, Glaze
Ceramic, Glaze
Like Po Ching Fang . . .
My own touch- pitcher not teapot, cups more on wheel than slabs, focused on weather part of nature rather than landscapes, carved design on stand which is flat, different glaze colors but same color idea (Shiny and smooth vs matte and textured)
- I made a cup forms with a form that pours out liquid (in this case: a pitcher)
- I made a stand for these pieces to go on
- There is contrast between the stand and vessels:
- The cups are smooth while the stand is textured
- The cups have a shiny color choice as well as the pitcher while the stand is done with a matte, earthy glaze
- The pieces relate to nature:
- One cup is a tornado, another pours water (pitcher) like rain and also another ripples like the wind
- Used porcelain
My own touch- pitcher not teapot, cups more on wheel than slabs, focused on weather part of nature rather than landscapes, carved design on stand which is flat, different glaze colors but same color idea (Shiny and smooth vs matte and textured)
How did I make my pieces . . .
- The Stand: I rolled out a porcelain slab and then created four equally sized rectangles. I slipped and scored one per corner. I waited for it to dry and later carved into it.
- The Pitcher: First I wedged porcelain together. Then I threw a the bottom half of the pitcher on the wheel, with a relatively wide base. I let it dry and then with slab construction I created the upper half. I created a spout-like shape with a slab as well, as well as a handle too. I used a texture tool and made a few minor imprints.
- Cup 1: I threw this porcelain piece on the wheel, after wedging, as a tornado. I didn’t completely center it, didn’t lift it evenly so it partially collapsed and also I made ripples with my fingers while the wheel was turning. Once it dried a little, I added a slab-created handle.
- Cup 2: This regular clay piece was thrown on the wheel as a smooth cylinder, with slight waviness. Once it dried enough, I attached a slab handle.