2019, 25.5x 26x15cm , Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, High-fire, Surface: Glazed
Porcelain. plaster
2019, 29x20x17cm , Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed
Porcelain. plaster. Recycle material fabric. nail polish
2021, 14x15x17cm (white) 19x17x12 cm (pink), Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed
Bone China. Porcelain. Wire.
2020, 33x13x4cm., Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed
Bone China. Gold lustre
2019, 29x10x13cm (left side). 30x29x14 cm (right side), Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed
Porcelain. Gold lustre. Plaster. Recycle material fabric.
2021, 42x32x4.5cm , Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed
Porcelain. Digital transfers.
2020, 200x150x120 cm , Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed, Image transfer / Decals / Screenprint
Bone China. Fish line. ceramic digital prints
2020, 22.5x 20x 1.5cm , Media: Earthenware / Terracotta, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Image transfer / Decals / Screenprint
Ready-made Wood & Sons. England 1754. RN662903 Earthenware. Ready-made metal Door hook. Digital transfers: Lichte Porzellan-Germany, Wen-Hsi's drawings and Taiwanese photographic images . Wall piece
2020, 26x21.5x3.5cm , Media: Earthenware / Terracotta, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed, Image transfer / Decals / Screenprint
Earthenware. Digital transfers Lichte Porzellan Germany. enamels
2020, 150x 60x 45cm , Media: Colored porcelain, Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Surface: Glazed, Image transfer / Decals / Screenprint
Bone China. 24 Carat gold leaf. Recycle plastic materials.
Artist Statement
My ceramic practice investigates the concept of ‘in-betweenness’ between Taiwan and Britain. Living away from my homeland gives me a clearer perspective of the culture in which I grew up. The cross-cultural experience provides a platform, from which I can address the questions of who I am and how I might express, and communicate my experience of in-betweenness as a place where I can survive - where I can draw breath to help me cope with the challenges of living in two cultures. Currently, my handmade ceramic wall pieces are mainly porcelain and stoneware with the gold luster, enamels, and digital transfers. However, one of my project called " Taiwanese bananas and island" was focused on the earthenware (2014-2019).
I creates series of ceramic art based on handmade sculptural porcelain spoons, fingerprints, bananas, and traditional Chinese characters to explore tension of cross-cultural identity, between the East and the West.Using the tips of my thumbs and forefingers I created tiny and careful actions to represent my own small voice.
This meditative movement is between pressing and pushing, is between inhaling and exhaling. Each small individual porcelain fingerprint is a reconstruction of my cultural identity.
Bio
WEN-HSI Harman (1984-) was born in Taipei, Taiwan and is a ceramic artist currently living and working in Bristol, United Kingdom. She also is the member of the UNESCO-International Academy of Ceramics IAC and NCECA National Council on Education for the ceramic arts.Wen-Hsi studied her BA in Chinese Literature at the Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan (2006). After this she studied her first MA in Chinese History of art in the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (2008). After this she studied her second MA in Contemporary Crafts (Ceramics) at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK (2010). She has been awarded the degree of the Doctor of Philosophy in ceramics at Bath Spa University, UK (2018).Wen-Hsi has exhibited her work internationally such Taiwan, South Korea, Britain, Germany, France, China, Denmark and Australia. Her work is also in the public collections such as the Compass Centre, Bristol, UK (2017). The Fule International Ceramic Art Museum in China (2016). The New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taiwan (2016). The Ceramic Foundation in South Korea (2015).