Jui Hwa LIN
Triple-Ridged Pot no.6
Ceramics
28 x 26 x 67cm
2004
Jui Hwa Lin is a ceramic artist who began his craft as a traditional potter. Unsophisticated, simplistic, dedicated, persistent. For 30 years, he unceasingly explored the realm of the unknown in ceramics and pioneered an entirely new artistic territory. The innovative ceramist employs high temperature wood-firing, overturning the definition of beauty as told by classical ceramics, while sublation Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetics and the glaze expression of modern ceramic art. He uses the earth, wood, and his hands to concentrate on his dialogue with the fire gods. Though seemingly unpolished, his works are rife with subtle variations. For example, the white jade quality, crystalline patterns, amber and jade colors between 1300℃-1360℃; the warmth of antique jade, the ice crack, golden thread, and leopard skin patterns, and the silver, seashell, and pearl-like shine between 1380℃-1450℃; and the realm above 1500℃yet to be explored by mankind. And Lin will be the first person down the path toward future ceramics.
“Three” is the most stable and unstable structure at the same time. Using three “edges” and three “faces” make a most unstable relationship in the composition; it makes a ‑flame-like dialogue between object and type, from static to dynamic, thus achieving a kind of dynamic stability. The fire-flow appears in the “face” – a turning point; everywhere shows the fire, subtle changes. The “edges” as barrier s appear to leave no traces of fire, demonstrating the art of extreme heat on clay. “The Triple-Ridged Pot” series is in the midst of a dialogue with the fire in the kiln, setting out a new direction for “Mother Glaze”.