Yoonjee Kwak
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Vessels of  You (series 2)
cone 10 Hand-built black porcelain, cone 018 white gold luster
15.5 x 7" x 7" (each)
2016
$600 (each)

Clay allows me to tell the story of my memories that are left behind from diverse and unpredictable relationships between others and myself. When I work with clay, my interactive conversation with the clay is vital to the process. While I slowly build up clay coils from the bottom, my hand marks remain on the surface. It records elements of movement, time and my feelings.

I use sculptural vessel form to represent human beings as iconic symbols of the Korean culture. In Korea, when people talk about someone’s personality, we often use “vessel” as a metaphor of one’s spirit of tolerance. For instance, when we talk about someone who is very generous or broad-minded, we say, “His vessel is big”.