Bubble Bud Paradise - Much Loved 2 back, H13.5" x W7" x D7", Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze

Bubble Bud Paradise - Much Loved 2 detail

Peony Paradise front

Birdcage Jar front, 2018

Birdcage Jar-Whichever way the wind blows, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, H19" x W16" x D15"

Chasing Shadow Jar, 2016, Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze H16" x W15" x D15"

Birdcage Jar "The Paradise"-East, 2016, H15.5" x W12" x D12"

Still Life – East 2013, , Porcelain, Underglaze 16” x 11” x 11”

Still Life East 2 - Tangerine and Persimmon

Dreamlandia-Broken Dream 2013/H16"xW20"xD18"/Porcelain, Underglaze, Glaze, Rubber

Myungjin Kim was born in South Korea. She received her MFA in ceramic art at Seoul National University in 2002 after which she moved to the United States.

MJ has taught Ceramics at Santa Ana College, Cerritos College, University of Georgia, Athens, UGA Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy. MJ has taught at California State Univ. Long Beach from 2011 to 2015.

Her work is about human life stories that blend the real and surreal using figuration, animals, vessels and assorted objects. She works primarily with porcelain and most works carry drawn and painted illusionistic imagery. Her ceramic art is featured in private and public collections in both the United States and Asia.

MyungJin Kim

Open Vase 0115, ca. 2015 Copper, Iron, 70 × 62 × 62 cm

Jar with Cracks 0116, 2016 Brass, Copper, Iron, 49 × 34 × 34 cm

Jar with Cracks 0116, 2016 Brass, Copper, Iron, 47 × 45 × 45

Fill and Empty 0118, 2018 Brass, Iron, 27.5 × 27.5 × 27.5 cm

Jar with Cracks, inspired by white porcelain moon jars from the Joseon Dynasty, clearly demonstrates the artist’s adeptness at creating two-dimensional planes by intricately connecting a number of fine metal lines and developing them into three-dimensional objects. Unlike a traditional smooth-faced moon jar, his metal jar is composed of numerous cracks and gaps between metal lines, thereby communicating the significance of emptying and filling.

Open Vase 0417, 2017 Brass, Copper, Iron, 30 × 21 × 21 cm

Open Vase 0717, 2017 Brass, Copper, Iron, 22.5 × 23 × 23 cm

Fill and Empty 0517, 2017 Brass, Copper, Iron, 12 × 50 × 50 cm

Welding long stripes of metal and then bending them to create basket shapes, Woosun Cheon takes his time to create large vessels. He is inspired by Korean ceramics of the Joseon period and based on them he creates unique pieces. The surfaces of the metal is treated in such a way that a rustic effect is created. This is then polished and refined for the final finishing touch.

Cheon Wooseon (b.1976), who studied metalwork through graduate school at Kyonggi University, has gained fame as the winner of many art contests, including the Special Prize at the 2013 Cheongju International Craft Biennale, and as a featured artist at various art fairs.

Artistic Stratum B1/4B4/1B1/4, 2016 1000 sheets of tissue paper, porcelain with stain, 18 x 13 x 17 cm

Artistic Stratum B1/4R4/1, 2016 1000 sheets of tissue paper, porcelain with stain, 21 x 19 x 14 cm

Artistic Stratum B4B1, 2016 1000 sheets of tissue paper, porcelain with stain, 11 x 13 x 21 cm

Artistic Stratum BG4-3W-1, 2016 1000 sheets of tissue paper, porcelain with stain, 11 x 10 x 11 cm

Artistic Stratum 2014, 20 X 20 X 12 cm

Artistic Stratum 2014, 20 X 20 X 12 cm

Jongjin Park received his MA in Ceramics at Cardiff Metropolitan University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Ceramics at Kookmin University, Seoul.

Jongjin Park’s pieces are made using a technique Park stumbled upon while researching his Master’s thesis at Cardiff University. By painting clay slip onto pieces of paper towel, layering them, applying pigment and then firing them at 1280 degrees, Park creates a masslike trompe l’oeil.

The resulting objects not only mimic the appearance of wood, they’re also strong enough to withstand typical woodworking tools, like an electric sander or a Dremel, which allows Park to create the container-like pieces. In some of the work, Park binds as many as 1,000 sheets together that can take up to three days to create. The integration of paper in his work allows the ceramic to imitate another material.

Jongjin Park