Brock DeBoer: A contemporary porcelain language in traditional blue and white

Brock De Boer's work is an archival snapshot of contemporary and nostalgic objects cast in porcelain telling my story. Casting an object from a past time or of a temporary material in porcelain allows that item to exist forever, telling the future a bit about the past.

Art and Fashion, Long Reads, Personal StoriesFête ChinoiseNovember 12, 2021Asian Representation, ceramics, Art, artists, sculptureComment

Stephanie H. Shih 石函玉:Capturing the Asian Diaspora through Ceramic Groceries

When she was just 11, Stephanie’s Chinese mother passed away, and because her father was white, she felt she had lost an important connection to her heritage. The porcelain dumpling reminded her of her mother, who died before teaching her how to fold real ones, and she would send me photos of herself travelling with the dumpling thereafter.