Contemporary Glass Art

Contemporary Glass Art

Jovial YEUNG

Written and designed by Jovial Yeung

First published July 2012

Fifth edition Mar 2014

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Works

Resume

Blowing

Casting

Lampworking

Kiln-forming

Installation

Copper Foil Glasswork

Coldworking

Mixed-media

Jovial Yeung

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Blowing

Flower Lamp Series

In this series, I made three flower lampshades which represent different mood. Each of them is decorated with handmade metal calyx and stem. With color ranges from cold colour such as deep purple to misty white and even colourful and energetic colours, my mood started to be lightened up!

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Flower Lamp Series: Purple

2009Blown glass, metal, ceramics, soilØ 15 x H 48 cm

Flower Lamp Series: Mist

2009Blown glass, metal, ceramics, soilØ 13 x H 46 cm

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Flower Lamp Series: Colourful

2009Blown glass, metal, ceramics, soilØ 13 x H 48 cm

Morning Glory

2009Blown glass, cut, sandblasted, polishedW 17 x D 16.5 x H 13 cm

The idea behind this work refers to the natural world, particu-larly the organic form of morning glory. The stir is based on the form of pistil, it gives a deep impression by its gradually extended air twist stem. The wide, flared rim of the cup repre-sents an actual blossom. The plate, which has a shallow con-cave in the middle, further suggests a morning glory blossom in nature. All three components are harmonious with each other, and unite as a whole.

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Planned Accident

2009Blown glassLeft: W 7 x D 6 x H 7 cmRight: W 13 x D 12 x H 10 cm

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Bow

2009Blown glassW 18 x D 10 x H 12cm

Half-full or half-empty?

2009Blown glass, sandblastedØ 6 x H 5.5 cm

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Animals

2009Blown glassLeft: Ø 3 x H 8 cmMiddle: W 6 x D 4 x H 13 cmRight: W 5 x D 3 x H 5 cm

Paperweights

2009Blown glassLeft: Ø 3.5 x W 8 cmRight: W 8 x D 7 x H 5 cm

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Cup

2009Blown glassW 11 x D 7 x H 8 cm

Casting

Net’s Dream Series

Fruit net, which is widely used to pack various fruit, goes to rubbish bin eventually. ‘I wish I am valuable!’ Now, its dream comes true. In this se-ries, fruit nets are transformed from foam into glass with great details. Varied shapes are created by putting carved plaster sculptures within the fruit nets before casting them. I aimed at creating a more interesting ges-ture of the net itself. Inspiration from blossom has also been taken into account.

Through casting process, I utilized the characteristics of several materials to apply textures and create forms of each piece, especially the base as this part gives personality to the net: the liquidity of wax (Black), the elas-ticity of clay (Blue) and the natural weathering of bark (Volcano). During firing, glass flows into tubes randomly, like growing as a flower. Besides, attractive and bright colors stand the whole piece out. By all these trans-formation, fruit nets have sublimed into beautiful glass art pieces.

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Net’s Dream Series: Fruit Nets

2010Lost-wax cast glass, applesØ 11 x H 6 cm each

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Net’s Dream Series: Blue

2010Lost-wax cast glassØ 15 x H 22 cm

Net’s Dream Series: Black

2010Lost-wax cast glassW 21 x D 14 x H 22 cm

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Net’s Dream Series: Volcano

2010Lost-wax cast glassW 24 x D 24 x H 26 cm

Net’s Dream Series: Purple

2010Lost-wax cast glassW 9 x D 9 x H 13 cm

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Net’s Dream Series: Red

2010Lost-wax cast glassØ 11 x H 10 cm

‘Hong Kong Lion’ Brush Rest

2010Lost-wax CastingØ 11 x H 6 cm each

The idea behind my work comes from a representative hill of Hong Kong – Lion Rock. It is casted into the simplest form of a tradition brush rest with four Chinese words of ‘Hong Kong Lion’ craved on it. The color suggests the appearance of Lion Rock, while the uneven sandblasted surface gives a sense of rough and rocky texture.

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Sword

2010Lost-wax CastingØ 11 x H 6 cm each

Sodom apple outwardly looks fair but with ashes at the core, while a fair face may hide a foul heart. When someone speaks something nice, there could be reverse meaning. This piece was made under inspiration from the appearance of an extraterrestrial creature from a movie called ‘Alien’ in 1979. I tried to create a monstrous arrangement of mouths and tongues.

Lampworking

Octopus

2011Lampwork glassØ 3.5 x H 3 cm each

To me, the sea is very attractive. I have seen octopus that can change its body colour as colourful coral when I was div-ing in Taiwan’s Green Island. Inspired by those beautiful sea creatures, I express my excitement into this series.

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Beads

2011Lampwork glassØ 1.5 cm each

Kiln-forming

Classical Game Series

I loved to play digital game device – Game Boy when I was small. In this series, three popular classical games are recreated by glass and mixed media, which look like up-to-date tablets. By this combination, I would like to introduce an interesting contrast between old and new, and to retrieve childhood memory as well.

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Classical Game Series: Tetris

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2011Fused glass, leatherW 24.5 x H 32.5 x D 1.2 cm

Highlight: It is playable! Glass has a special and nice sound when they slightly touch each other.

Classical Game Series: Pac Man

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2011Fused glass, Pâte de verre, plastic eyes, leatherW 24.5 x H 32.5 x D 1.2 cm

Highlight: Direction of eyes of “Ghosts” can be changed by shifting the piece.

Classical Game Series: Puzzle Bobble

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2011Fused glass, Pâte de verre, copperW 24.5 x H 32.5 x D 1.2 cm

Highlight: handmade copper wheel can be rotated to change the direction for shooting!

Seawave with Sunshine

2011MurrineW 7.5 x L 7.5 x H 1 cm each

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Murrine

2011MurrineLeft: W 5 x L 5 x H 1.5 cmRight: W 6 x L 6 x H 3 cm

Radiation

2011Pâte de verreØ 12 x H 0.5 cm

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Pudding

2011Pâte de verreØ 4.5 x H 5 cm

Antiquing Dish

2011Slumped glassØ 22 x H 2 cm

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Rainbow Ashtray

2011Slumped glassW 10 x D 10 x H 3 cm

Reshape

2011Slumped glass (recycle wine bottle)W 26 x D 8 x H 5 cm

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Coca-cola

2011Slumped glassW 6 x D 3 x H 15 cm

Gift-box Earrings

2011Fused glass, copper wire, 925 sliverW 10 x D 5 x H 15 mm each

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Puzzle Bobble Ring

2011Pâte de verre, metal ringØ 15 mm each

Installation

Revenge

I hate mosquito because they always wander around, disturb me, and even audaciously insert their organs into my body to suck my blood! Through the process of glass blowing with such high-temperature of 1200°C, I vent out my anger and project my intention of revenge into the flame!

In this installation, the usage of bloody red and chilly black emphasizes my feeling towards them; meanwhile, light and shadow enhance the annoyance brought by their erratic movement. Furthermore, pieces are hanged and swing in the breeze, which brings out visual impact of my fear and worry towards their existence.

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2012Blown & flameworked glass, bloodDimension variable

Revenge (installation)

Revenge (close-up)

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Copper Foil Glasswork

Make a Wish: Strawberry Cake

2013Glass Sheet, copper foil, lead-free solderW 13 x D 7 x H 5 cm

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Let’s make a wish everytime when we light up a candle ♥

Make a Wish: Blueberry Cheese Cake

2013Glass Sheet, copper foil, non-lead solderW 13 x D 7 x H 5 cm

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Make a Wish: Green Tea Cake

2013Glass Sheet, copper foil, non-lead solderW 13 x D 7 x H 5 cm

Coldworking

Emoticon

When having conversation with friends, I like to express my feeling by typing emotion icon (“Emoticon” ) in the sentence. In this series, flame of candle just like a tongue, vibrating and dancing when we are talking~

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2013Glass bottle, engraving, cuttingØ 7.5 x H 28 cm each

Emoticon: =D ^o^

Mixed-media

Self Defense

Self defense is instinctive. Nobody can forbid or control it. I pretend that I am offensive, but actually I am as fragile as hairy glass sting.

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2013Flameworking glass on canvas, acrylicW 48.5 x H 63.5 x D 9 cm

Self Defense

Self Defense (close-up)

Shadow of glass stings becomes different when light changes, just like my mood is affected by the environment.

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The Victims Series

Animals are able to survive in nature, but they are just armless creatures under human weapons. In this series, selected animals are those which being hurt and eventually killed by mankind unreasonably and inhumanly. Their body parts are being cut off while they’re still alive because these particular parts worth their weight in gold or even more. They suffer from great pain until death.

Each animal is composed by extremely delicate glass stings pinning through the canvas. These glass stings are very fragile and could be eas-ily broken. From the front point of view, the stings create an implied out-line which represents the weakness and fragility of its life. On the other hand, body parts which are the only desirable parts in the eyes of the hunters, are highlighted with pure gold leaves. Visually the whole picture shows a great contrast between the solid golden parts and the unsub-stantial body outline.

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They are animals.They should have their own life cycle.They are targets.They have very valuable body parts, but worthless lives.

They are the victims of human selfishness.

2013Flameworking glass on canvas, gold leafW 63.5 x H 48.5 x D 9 cm

The Victim: Shark

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Shark fins are used for making traditional shark’s fin soup in Chinese cuisine.

Shark finning is a cruel process. When a shark is being caught, all of its fins including the caudal fin are being cut off when they are still alive. As the fishermen want to gain the maximum profit within limited load of the boat, they cut only the fins from the sharks and throw them back into the sea. Sharks cannot swim without the fins. However they will not die immediately, but instead, they will sink to the bottom of the sea and bleed until death.

The Victim: Shark (close up)

2013Flameworking glass on canvas, gold leafW 48.5 x H 63.5 x D 9 cm

The Victim: Deer

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Velvet antler is an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. Traditionally, the antler is dried and sold as slices. These slices are then boiled in water, usually with other herbs and ingredients, and consumed as tea.

The deer bears great pain when its velvet antler is being cut by saw. Before any significant calcification occurs, the velvet ant-lers are actually growing body parts which have nerves and blood vessel inside. Usually in the deer farm, people would cut the antler twice a year, that means a deer may lose its body parts up to 40 times in its 20-year life expectancy.

The Victim: Deer (close up)

2013Flameworking glass on canvas, gold leafW 63.5 x H 48.5 x D 9 cm

The Victim: Elephant

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The Victim: Elephant (close up)

2013Flameworked glass on canvas, gold leafW 63.5 x H 48.5 x D 9 cm

The Victim: Rhinoceros

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The Victim: Rhinoceros (close up)

Resume of Jovial Yeung

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Biography

Jovial Yeung is a Hong-Kong-based new emerging glass artist. She is strong in experimenting with the characteristics of different materials which help in creating mixed media glass art. Together with training in the field of metalsmithing and antique restoration, the artistic value of her works has been enriched with uniqueness. Themes of works are usually inspired from her own experience and observation, which shares her interpretation with audiences in a creative way.

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2011

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Name:Mobile:E-mail:Address:

BA (Hons) in Visual ArtsAcademy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Student Exchange Programme 2010/11Department of Applied Art, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

High Diploma of Multi-media Design and TechnologySchool of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Jovial YEUNG, Pik Ki+852 96607762jovial.yeung@gmail.comRoom 308, Fu Tin House, Pak Tin Estate, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Education

Contacts

2014

2013

Chinese Contemporary Glass Art ExhibitionTsinghua University, China

Asia Contemporary Art Show 2013 (Fall)Mur Nomade, Hong Kong

Things Happen for a ReasonThe Koru Contemporary Art Gallery, Hong Kong

LINKAGE – Student X Alumni ExhibitionHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Glass Art: The Amazing Transformation from 0 – 1200°CHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Asia Hotel Art Fair 2013Mur Nomade, Hong Kong

Exhibitions

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2011

2008

Senseless BotherationMing Dot Dais Gallery, Hong Kong

Something Old, Something NewSoil & Mountain Folkcraft, Hong Kong

Transit 2012Nagoya Zokei University of Art and Design, Japan

Market Forces: Response - Summer Pop-up Art MarketOsage Gallery, Hong Kong

Fresh Trend 2012 Art Graduates Joint ExhibitionHong Kong Art Network, Hong Kong

Splash - Academy of Visual Arts Graduation Show 2012Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Private CollectionHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Honey Mood Glass Art ExhibitionHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Out of Context – AVA Glass ExhibitionHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

School of Design Annual Show 2008Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

2014

2013

Publication:Feng Yuan. “Chinese Contemporary Glass Art Exhibition” Beijing: China Architecture & Building Press, 2014, p.154

Publication:“2014 Emerging Artists” USA: Glass Art Society, 2013, p.22(http://issuu.com/glassartsociety/docs/2014_emerging_artists_catalogue_fin)

Media Coverage

2012

Magazine Article:HKBU Academy of Visual Art. “My Marriage with Glass.” AVA#2, 19 Oct 2013, pp.70-71

Online Interview:“ARTistE day” Art Exploration Society, 14 Oct 2013(www.facebook.com/artexplorationsociety)

Newspaper Commentary:Lee Chan Cheung Roger. “Young Glass Artist” Hong Kong Daily News, 7 May 2013, sec.C8

Television Feature:Youth Nation. “Glass Artist: Jovial Yeung” TVB, 6 Apr 2013(http://mytv.tvb.com/kids/youthnation/)

Newspaper Feature:Cheung Chiu Chun. “Glass love” The Suns, 24 Mar 2013, sec.E8-E9(www2.news.sina.com.hk/news/20130324/-1-2926384/l/1054201.html)

Online Interview:“ARTistE day” Art Exploration Society, 21 Nov 2012(www.facebook.com/artexplorationsociety)

2014

2013

2012

Merit Award, Chinese Contemporary Glass Art ExhibitionTsinghua University, Chin

Honorable Mention, 2014 Emerging Artists PresentationGlass Art Society, USA

Travel Grant (France)Mur Nomade, Hong Kong

MI Asia AwardMagazines International (Asia) Limited – Education Team, Hong Kong

MDD Award, Academy of Visual Arts Graduation Show 2012Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Awards / Grant / Scholarship

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2010

2009

Student entries , Warm Glass UK Glass PrizeWarm Glass UK, United Kingdom

FJU International Exchange Student Scholarship (2011 Spring)Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

FJU Financial Aid on Housing for International Students (2010 Fall)Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Scholarships for Student Exchange Programme 2010-2011Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Financial Assistance From The Hsin Chong - K. N. Godfrey Yeh Education FundHong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

2014 Artist Residency (since July 2013)Artisens Studio, Hong Kong

Residency