Half Half Vase By Jung Hong

Half half vase by Jung HongUnique pieceDimensions: W 28 x D 28 x H 32 cmMaterials: Porcelain.I use the technique of 'sang-gam' (=inlay work) with my special tool, which I made myself, and create delicate and exact lines, which are all handmade, although they are often mistakenly considered manufactured. In the notched hollow lines, I delicately place the subtle different colors one by one, just as hyperrealist painters do. It took me about a year to get a detailed "moon" pattern on the porcelain "moon jar". I am a Berlin-based ceramic artist from Korea and these are very early works made in Berlin, Moon jar is a type of traditional Korean white porcelain which consists of two hemispherical halves that have been joined in the middle. With the skills that I have accumulated for 15 years in Korea and the new inspiration I gained from different environments and cultures in Berlin for a year, I was able to create new works passionately while challenging myself. My specialty is the use of porcelain with colors. I have tested the different combinations of color stains so that I could make special and unique color porcelain. These works are all made on the wheel in the traditional way and the porcelain fired at high temperature is vitrified and has a very solid and good coloration, which is enhanced by grinding and polishing the surface, and also the surface becomes silky smooth - like a marble stone - by this treatment.