Bag Veg-Tanned, 430 x 320 x 75 mm 2015

Bag Veg-Tanned, 435 x 135 x 520 mm 2015

Bag Veg-Tanned, 450 x 170 x 400 mm 2015

Bag Veg-Tanned, 230 x 300 x 70 mm 2015

Bag Veg-Tanned, 480 x 150 x 465 mm 2015

Bag Veg-Tanned, 320 x 70 x 230 mm 2015

Bowl Leather, Lacquered 300 x 170 x 105 mm 2016

Bowl Leather, Lacquered 240 x 240 x 170 mm 2016

Junsu Kim

Marvelous Man 41 x 55 x 140 cm / polyester(polar fleece), filling, lighting, stool, etc / needlework, stuffing / 2014

Bright man 42 x 40 x 200 cm / polyester(polar fleece), filling, lighting, etc / needlework, stuffing / 2014

Craft Narrative: The Place, Process, Perspective The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA Seoul), Korea 2016

Vitality saves the life 180 x 80 x 80 cm / wool felt, nylon-wool blend, filling, lighting etc / needlework, stuffing / 2014

Able man 59 x 100 x 110cm / wool, nylon-wool blend, filling & plastic chair / needlework, stuffing / 2012

One day, I made a figure which was randomly cut out from a piece of paper. It was nothing more than a piece of paper only a few minutes ago, but now, all of a sudden, turns to be a ‘figure’ that would live in a ‘role of the source for creation’; it was the paper’s destiny from the beginning. Among the figures cut randomly out of papers as such, my eyes are drawn to a single one today. The chosen figure is thrown like a fate to a decision according to a condition which it might mate, the condition such as a certain time, mood, or situation of its creator, ‘Oh Hwajin.’ " What's the figure ? " The same figure becomes a kid’s face, a man’s abdomen, or an apple, through its fate or association.

Hwajin Oh

Gourd Cloud Bottle

Cloud Flask

Clouds are an auspicious symbol representing immortality and longevity. I adopted them as a metaphor for my own floating sense of identity between Korean and American cultures. Their ever-changing, formless nature is analogous to the way I perceive the fluidity of my cross-cultural identity. Metaphorically they are breaking out of the past, yet leaving a remnant of tradition intact. The cloud imagery is contemporized to create a new identity for the pots suggesting renewal and transformation.

Cloudscape Emergence

Flask

Cloud Sun Vases

Cloud Bottle, 2014, h 10"

Sam Chung is an Arizona-based ceramic artist. He received his MFA from Arizona State University and his BA degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Between his undergraduate and graduate programs, he worked as a special post-bac student at the University of Minnesota. He taught at Northern Michigan University from 1998-2007 and is now teaching at Arizona State University in Tempe where he is an associate professor of ceramics. Sam has presented numerous lectures and workshops both nationally and internationally.

Sam Chung