TECHNICAL INFORMATION

In his practice Jin Eui strives to develop his skills, refine new techniques, and harness new technologies. His work begins with an idea, forming within his imagination. These ideas are then developed through experiments and tests, which Jin Eui then reflects on so that he can continue to learn and adapt. This is an ongoing process that can take years to prefect.

Through creating a delicate balance between concave and convex, flattened and ridged, and shading and colour, Jin Eui enhances the illusory phenomena. This is also achieved through repetition. By creating identical widths of bands or blocks, he creates an unfocussed visual experience that can prevent viewers from looking at a particular area on the surface, while simultaneously disturbing our peripheral vision.

“I create my works mainly using three different methods: wheelthrowing, hand-building and slip-casting. ‘OPjects’ are formed by wheel-throwing, after the first firing I paint the engobes by brushes. I use 18 different grey engobes, from as light as white to as dark as black as the main palette. 8 blues, 8 reds and 8 yellows are also added to the palette. Then the painted piece is fired at 1120 and one more firing after glazing. ‘OPverse’ is made mainly by hand-building using tonal clays – 20 different tones from as light as white to as dark as black. The clays are extruded into the certain shapes and sizes through customed dies. These coils can be made into rings or blocks then built up to make forms. I trim the surface inside and outside then it is fired at bisque firing temperature once they are dried. Then they are fired at 1240 after glazing the inside. ‘OPerspective’ and ‘The Flow on Cubes’ series are made mainly by slip-casting and each piece is carefully designed before starting.”

Glossary

Engobe – a type of liquid clay, that is commonly utilised for enhancing the appearance of bisque fired ceramic work through brushing or spraying, resulting in a high-quality finish or decorative effect. It is similar to slip but differs in its ability to be applied to bisque fired pieces.

OPjects – a word Jin Eui created by combining ‘Optical’ and ‘Object’ to refer to an object that can create optical illusions.

OPverse – Similarly to OPject, Jin Eui created the word OPverse by changing the letter ‘B’ to ‘P’ in the word of ‘Obverse’, which means the opposite of a fact or truth.

OPerspective – a word Jin Eui created by combining ‘Optical’ and ‘Perspective’, and it refers to a work of art that creates visual effects using a different approach to perspective than what we typically know.