Yu Chi Cheung
Yu Chi Cheung was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in London. They graduated from Central Saint Martins in BA(Hons) Ceramic Design.
With a background in fine and the performing arts, they channel their experiences into their current ceramic practice. Their current work bridges the gap between illustration and ceramics. They focus on the development of surface design through the alteration of the traditional making process.
Their work is illustrative, narrative, and they find fulfilment in detail. They frame the beauty in the mundane, treasuring the fragile moments in life. Finding significance in the insignificant, and the soul of the big picture.
I am a collector of unimportant things. I create to express my feelings that stem from lifelong observation. “Therefore, I am” is about the realisation of our existences through the commemoration of moments in memory. It exists as a colourful mosaic of both tiles and vessels. I work with intricacy to emphasise the significance of insignificance of our mundane moments, and how it makes up the big picture in our existences.
My work explores the digital and mental forms of how we archive memory through surface design. My work exists within a contemporary context, with the usage of ceramic decals and digital drawings of personal photography. It is a display of recollection and a metaphorical storage. Colour is used to represent emotions and how they relate to memory, and the philatelic influences highlight the theme of commemoration and collection.
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