Jars & Lids Journal Entry by Iling Lai

Mike Jabbur

Porcelain.

Cone 9/10 Reduction.

6” x 6” x 9”

It’s a very interest piece, and the color light green and white match well. I like how it looks simple but have sense of design. I read him statement, and knows that he said “Reveling in the expressive potential of clay’s materiality—its willingness to glisten and stretch, fold and fissure—I draw connections between the ceramic vessel and the human body to sanction a means of understanding, a postern to the familiar. The body is a wonderfully complex structure, limitless in opportunity for investigation from the micro to the macro, the corporeal to the conceptual.  Dynamic movements expressed by the human body also inspire my sense of form; my pots bend and twist, wriggle and dance.  Such gestures further the associative phenomenon regarding our means of understanding.  Concurrently, these gestures—especially dance—recall the human act of celebration.  A metaphorical connection is drawn between colloquial perceptions of human celebration and the metaphysical celebration that occurs when actively engaging in acts of eating and drinking.”

KyoungHwa Oh

Porcelain.

8” x 11” x 11”

These pieces are very amazing! She creates ceramic objects that reflect traditional Korean culture and western contemporary style. And her work consists of functional and sculptural carved porcelain ceramics. It has been strongly influenced by the element of nature such as water, flower, and space. And nature is the unifying subject in her carved porcelain vessels. She use graceful flowing lines to reveal a harmonic balance in her work.  

Michelle Erickson

Virginia (Front).

Earthenware.

18” x 9” x 14”.

This piece is so cool. Her work is based in historical reference technically and conceptually and is narrative in nature dealing with the human experience through a social, political and environmental landscape. And he said “his broad repertoire of authentic reference allows me to recreate in a contemporary context the long historical tradition where ceramic objects are used as tools to instigate social and political change, communicate ideas as well as document the extremity of the human condition.”

Ayumi Horie.

Monkey and Bird Jar.

Earthenware.

8” x 7” x 7”

This piece is so cute that the monkey and bird. All her work revolves around the idea of comfort, both physical and psychological. I read her statement and know that she said “By using material generously and by having a sense of soft gravity in the walls of the pot, I hope to impart a feeling of quietness and contentment. Finger marks and dents are unconcealed and even celebrated, because what could be more comforting than the handmade? I want my pots to be poetic; the sag at the base of a pot may counterpoise a thin, articulated lip or glazed yellow sprinkles around a bird may suggest excitement. I love drawing animals and being engaged in their dramas.”