Ode To The Lotus: Spencer Fung
23 January - 23 April 2025
Porcelain expressions, from muddy waters to the celestial
Working on these emerging shapes, it reminded me of the power of the lotus leaves growing strong and straight from the muddy pond water. Uplifting amid troubled times. The forms express the movement of the leaves. The hand marks and the hammering effect, which give beautiful texture, allowed me to go thinner than I would have otherwise dared. The pristine iridescent white glaze lends the vessels a pure, celestial, magical feel, like the moment the first snowfall transforms a winter landscape. The serendipitous association between shapes emerging from my fingers and the lotus leaf took me back to my childhood. I remember reciting a prose-like poem from the Sung Dynasty, in which the author celebrates the lotus rising unstained from muddy waters, becoming a symbol of hope, strength and purity. This resonated profoundly.
ODE TO THE LOTUS
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