Ziyu Li
BIO
I am a student graduated from the Craft and Design Program at Sheridan College, with a major in ceramics. In this program, I have been given the opportunity to explore various ceramic techniques and crafts, learning how to design and create unique ceramic pieces. My love for ceramics comes from my exploration of life, where I enjoy capturing joyful moments and experimenting with different ceramic techniques. Through the process of exploring ceramics, I have come to recognize my weaknesses, accepting them and becoming a better person.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
BUILD MY SKETCHBOOK
My current project is about my sketchbook. To me, a sketchbook is a journal of the artist’s life, recording ideas, feelings, and stories that happen in daily life. To me, these things in my sketchbook are precious memories. Making these memories with clay, turning them from Illusory concepts into clay objects, allows me to transfer my journal into my work in ceramics. I enjoy seeing my doodles from my sketchbook becoming the surface of my ceramic ware. The ink-drawing style, black and white, dot and line, and the finished, fired pages communicate how I use drawing and illustration to express my ideas, thoughts, and feelings personally. Clay allows those elements to escape the 2-dimensional paper surface, into a new type of space, through underglaze, slip, glaze, and low-relief surfaces. I am creating a new type of sketchbook to contain my ideas.
FEATURED Work
Title: Journal Tiles
Dimensions: 24 x 15 x 0.25 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Underglaze, White Stoneware, Slip, Gloop