Between Us, A Vessel Grows
2024
Collaborative Clay Workshop
Pinch pots are usually made by compressing clay patiently between fingers and thumb to build height and volume. In the Richmond Art Gallery exhibition, Xinwei Che uses her entire body, for instance pressing clay between the palm of her hand and the curve of her knee, so that the resulting vessels carry the rough imprint of her form.
In this workshop, Xinwei share more about her time-centered material practice and invites participants to explore making clay forms collaboratively with each other. Sensing the thickness of clay between one’s own and another’s fingertips, a solitary act becomes a collective exercise in close listening, negotiation, and support.
[Photos by Quinton Qiu]