New Blood

It's been more than a year since the last entry, I experimented a bunch with my work but I was not convinced with any of them until now. This kind of work I present here is not actually new to me. But yet I am very thrilled to be making things like this. In the past year, I struggled with my identity as an object maker and realized I have none. I thought the purist approach to ceramics was the way to go, but who was I kidding? After all, I do have a sculpture degree, and while I made sculptures, I enjoyed throwing different materials together. After almost a decade since I left school, I finally feel like I've come back to some of my roots as an artist.

Mixed media: ceramic, drift wood, ostrich leather, Japanese cord.

The most important part of this is having fun in the process. To me, just dealing with ceramics was not satisfying. Yes, I know the purist ceramicists out there would say that I am copping out. But I am well aware that I don't have crazy skills like those very talented ceramicists. But then, I am not really interested in challenging myself to make every part of my work in clay. I am allured by seduction of combining different materials, colors and texture. It's like wearing clothes. All those different colors, patterns, textures compliment or clash each other and present a person. In a way, it is my most honest attempt to make something in recent years. On top of that, I am having so much fun! So I have no reservations!!!