"What I share through my creation is vulnerability, restlessness, lost roots, and being emotionally naked. It's an introspective journey that I like to invite the viewers on." A story that she composes like therapy between roughness and delicacy. "Right now, I often look to the prehistoric age of ceramics, combined with the elegance of Chinese porcelain. I learned it was possible to be one and the other altogether, severe yet tender, happy with the share of sorrows. All at the same time."-- Han Chiao
It must be said that her creations bear witness to a form of duality. Starting from elementary forms, Han-Chiao has the art and the manner of bringing a touch of singularity to it: Siamese vases, carnivorous jars, sets of handles, drips of enamel...
Principles that offer a part of curiosity to her creations give them unique pieces with subtle flaws. "I enjoy working with silhouettes, tall and robust, well curved. Sometimes, I let days pass to understand how the play will end." An intuitive process that says a lot about the practice of ceramics: the time, gesture, and beauty of the apprehension between a craftsman
and her material.
and her material.
Today, Han-Chiao dedicates her time to working on each unique piece in her Parisian atelier.
