Sam Chung Ceramic Technique

Sam chung is known for creating functional and vessel based ceramics.

Sam chung ceramic technique.

See more ideas about ceramics tea pots pottery. Hand building techniques are employed in addition to thrown elements. Sam chung is an arizona based ceramic artist. He often throws more than one form to use in completing a singular object.

Sam chung is an artist who loves to explore the balance among form function and design. In his recent porcelain vessels chung references korean folk art motifs in both form and surface. Sam chung is an arizona based ceramic artist. Aug 22 2014 explore lynne coat s board sam chung followed by 420 people on pinterest.

His ceramics cups bottles and containers have highly decorative china painted surfaces. 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. Feb 20 2013 michael simon tatsuzo shimaoka jeff shapiro ted saupe tim rowan justin rothshank brian rochefort david reagan jeff oestreich richard notkin. 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.

Today on the tales of a red clay rambler podcast i have an interview with sam chung. 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. 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. He received his mfa from arizona state university and his ba degree from st.

Works often begin on either the potter s wheel or using slabs which are then cut manipulated reassembled and decorated. Olaf college in northfield minnesota. Between his undergraduate and graduate programs he worked as a special post bac student at the university of minnesota. Jan 24 2016 explore contemporary ceramic artists s board sam chung followed by 375 people on pinterest.