Sam Chung Ceramic Technique

This additive approach results in a unique sculpted surface taking the thrown form to whole new level.

Sam chung ceramic technique. Sam chung is an arizona based ceramic artist. Olaf college in northfield minnesota. In our interview we talk about the transitions in technique and content he has made in his career his methods for altering ceramic forms and the impact that loss has on personal identity. Sam chung is known for creating functional and vessel based ceramics.

In his recent porcelain vessels chung references korean folk art motifs in both form and surface. Sam chung is an artist who loves to explore the balance among form function and design. Today on the tales of a red clay rambler podcast i have an interview with sam chung. Whether he s working on hand carved stone pots or wheel thrown porcelain creations inspired by a book of korean cloud motifs chung looks to influences beyond the art world and history.

Sam chung is an arizona based ceramic artist. His ceramics cups bottles and containers have highly decorative china painted surfaces. He received his mfa from arizona state university and his ba degree from st. In today s post an excerpt from the november 2014 issue of ceramics monthly sam shares his wheel throwing and altering process which results in pots that look like they are.

When sam chung stumbled across a book of korean cloud motifs he decided to explore pairing them with traditional korean pottery forms and his cloud series was born. Works often begin on either the potter s wheel or using slabs which are then cut manipulated reassembled and decorated. Hand building techniques are employed in addition to thrown elements. Jan 24 2016 explore contemporary ceramic artists s board sam chung followed by 375 people on pinterest.

But probably the most unusual approach to altering a form is sam chung s technique for cutting into the surface of a piece and adding clay which has the opposite effect of removing darts. See more ideas about ceramics tea pots pottery. Between his undergraduate and graduate programs he worked as a special post bac student at the university of minnesota. See more ideas about ceramics pottery ceramics monthly.