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Heon Suk Hong

  • Studio Ceramic & Paper
  • Ceramicist
  • Madrid, Spain
  • Rising Star
Heon Suk Hong Ceramicist
Contact
Spanish, English, Korean
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+34 628338596
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Ceramics with an oriental touch

  • • Heon Suk sticks to a simple palette of colours, representing the universal elements
  • • She is influenced by Eastern culture – where she was born and raised, and the West – where she now lives
  • • Her favourite techniques are the moulding and coiling

Specialised in making porcelain vases with varied designs and decorated with straight lines or simple shapes, Heon Suk Hong usually works with five main colours. They are the colours that represent the five universal elements in Korea, her native country: air, fire, water, metal and earth. She studied philology in Seoul and after working as a cultural journalist for Korean craft magazines, she trained as a ceramicist at the Francisco Alcántara School of Art and the Moncloa School of Ceramics in Madrid, Spain, where she currently lives. When she discovered the infinite possibilities that clay gave her from a creative point of view, she began to work with passion. This work allows her to connect with herself, express herself and feel happy.

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Works

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J bottle IV #2 and II #2

The J bottle series (II, III, VI, V, VII, X) are porcelain bottle vases inspired in shape and name by a Korean traditional 15th century vase called Jangkun. The bottles are made with a slip casting technique. They are all shaped differently with varying decoration making each one unique. The patterns for decoration are mostly circle, square shapes and thin lines.

Length 9 cm
Width 9 cm
Height 12.5 cm

Photo: ©Heon Suk
J bottle series IV #21 and #22

These porcelain vases decorated with coloured slip are part of Heon Suk Hong’s J bottle series IV. The design for the vases of this series primarily take the forms of cups. They are made with slip casting technique, constructed by combining the main body with some ornamental parts such as handle, foot, mouth which are decorated with colours slips.

Length 10 cm
Width 11 cm
Height 13 cm

Photo: ©Heon Suk
J bottle series II #5 and #4

These porcelain vases, part of Heon Suk Hong’s J bottle series, are made using a slip casting technique. The colours used for the decoration are primary colours such as yellow, red, blue, green which contrast with white porcelain. The vases are intended for a single flower.

Length 10.5 cm
Width 9 cm
Height 18 cm

Photo: ©Heon Suk
J bottle series III #21

This unique porcelain vase, part of Heon Suk Hong’s J bottle series, is handcrafted using a slip casting technique. The vase is finished with decal decorations of thin lines in orange and black. It has two pockets on its sides where small flowers can be placed.

Length 10 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Height 15.5 cm

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