Handcrafted Inspiration

The Air, 2022

Turns the invisible forms into some concretization forms

Ying Chen

Royal College of Art (RCA)

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The Back Story

The Air

Turns the invisible forms into some concretization forms

Learning how to make plaster moulds is a very important skill, One day when I was making the plaster mould, there’s a coincidence that I found I was actually casting the air, so I try to use the other material to casting the air, this work contains two different color forms, which turns the invisible form into some concretization forms.

* This creation includes 2 pieces

The Creator

Ying Chen

Specialization/Major

Art - Ceramics

Graduation Year

2023

Location

United Kingdom

About

Ying was born and raised in a purple clay family. She showed a strong interest in ceramics in high school. After graduating from Nanjing University of the Arts in 2021, she began her postgraduate study at the Royal College of Arts in the same year, and won several national awards during her study. Now, she is committed to combining ancient Chinese ceramic making techniques with advanced Western thinking to express her thoughts on human emotions, traditional culture and body language.

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Features

Imperial

Metric

Measurements (Width X Height X Depth)

12 X 15 X 18 cm

4.72 X 5.91 X 7.09 Inch

Weight

1.5 kg

3.31 Lbs

Materials

Jesmonite

The Process

Jesmonite is the new material for me that I never used before, it’s really excited for me to try new materials, and looking for the difference between the plaster and Jesmonite.