Details
- Maker•Kaiqi Qiu
- Medium•Clay
- Origin•Aotearoa
- Dimensions•H240 x W180mm
- Composition•Coromandel Clay, Ash Glaze
Description
A one-of-a-kind wood-fired ceramic vase by Kaiqi Qiu, made during her residency at Driving Creek Pottery in the Coromandel. Working with local clays and ash glazes, she immersed herself in the materials of this place, learning their behaviour, their weight, their resistance.
Kaiqi's ceramics are rooted in close observation of the natural world. The fluidity of native bush, the texture of bark and lichen, the slow spread of fungi across wood grain, these forms and surfaces find their way into her vessels through touch and instinct.
Her process begins with wheel-thrown forms and evolves through deliberate hand-building alterations, intuitively guided by the material itself. The surface of this vase is marked with a flowing wavy line, incised by hand into the clay before firing. Ash glazes and wood firing deepen the piece: rusted matte exteriors give way to dripping sage-green glossy glazes within.
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- 【14】Kaiqi Qiu
Born in China, with time in New York in her early 20s, Kaiqi's cross-cultural life currents shape her sensitivity to how stories are encoded in objects as much as in words. She settled in Tāmaki Makaurau with her family ten years ago and sees clay as a living connection to the land and its people.
Kaiqi's ceramics grow from observations of nature's fluidity and growth. She translates forms and textures found in native bush, bark, trees, fungi, lichen and wood grain into vessels. Her residency at Driving Creek in the Coromandel deepened her knowledge of local materials, leading to an exploration of local clays, ash glazes and wood firing.
With a background in communication, Kaiqi approaches clay as a process of observation and experimentation. Beginning with wheel-thrown forms, her work evolves through hand-built alterations guided by the material itself.
From her Grey Lynn studio, Kaiqi intends to make work that traces the making process, speaks to people’s senses and becomes part of their lives.
