Exhibition - 泥石流
「泥石流」一詞，直接指出參展藝術家的創作媒介及材質，並藉此對兩人予以寄望。是次展覽展出兩位年輕藝術家李德蓉和何藹盈的作品。二人同年畢業於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院，分別以陶瓷和金工兩個媒介進行創作，並呈現出二人對自身生活的感受。
「泥」，所指的是李德蓉所使用的媒介，結合陶泥與刺繡或是不同物料，展現陶泥的可塑性及溫婉的一面，透過泥土所展現的質感，以溫柔的方式訴說的故事。
「石」，所指的是何藹盈借用碎石及其他現成物化為首飾，藉此拉近人與自然的關係，期望配帶者透過作品，可以更細心觀察片片近在咫尺的自然景觀。
「流」，指的是「合流」，即河流交匯之處。李德蓉與何藹盈二人的創作媒介不一，風格相異，卻能於同一工作室一同創作、成長，尤如不同的支流相匯，合成河流。是次展覽讓兩位不盡相同的藝術家，一同展出她們努力的成果。
Artist bio for Ho Oi Ying Valerie:
Ho Oi Ying Valerie was born in Hong Kong in 1995. She completed her Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018. Also, she found her interest in jewelry when she was an exchange student at Maine College of Art in the United States.
Valerie interested in local culture and figuring out personal identity. Creating jewelry is a way to expresses how she perceives the environment and surroundings. Also, people who adorn themselves with jewelry is a way to represent their cultural identity, social conditioning, and experience. She makes use of local objects in different places converted into jewelry and keeps exploring and observing the city to get inspiration. Because she thinks the surroundings show the living conditions and attitude of people in a specific area.
何藹盈在2018畢業於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院文學士(榮譽)。並在美國緬因州擔任交換生的時候，發現了自己對製作首飾的興趣。
何藹盈圍繞本土文化及身份認同去創作。 她以製作首飾去表達對周遭環境的感知和觀察。 同樣，佩戴者以首飾呈現他們的文化背景，社會條件和生活經歷。 何藹盈亦在不同地方利用當地的現成物進行創作，將之加工後轉化成首飾。她認為居住環境反映了人們的生活狀況和生活態度，故此她不停在探索和觀察城市中不同的部份以尋找創作靈感。
Artist bio for Li Tak Yung Doris:
李德蓉在2018畢業於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院獲學士學位(榮譽)，曾於名古屋造型大學交流。
她以陶泥作為媒介，結合刺繡，將傳統的女性工藝與陶藝融合，形成她獨有的創作。陶瓷在燒製過程中的轉化，以及讓其他物料在高溫下消失的特別之處，成為了她的創作靈感，讓她將刺繡工藝帶入陶藝。她希望透過創作，展現屬於女性的技藝及溫婉的特點，亦同時表達現今社會女性的轉變、硬朗的一面。
Li Tak Yung completed her Bachelor of Arts (honours) in Visual Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018. She was an exchange student in Nagoya Zokei University.
She uses pottery clay as her medium. She combined embroidery and ceramics, fused traditional female crafts with ceramics to form her unique creation. The transformation of ceramics during the firing process and the special features that made other materials disappear at high temperatures have become her creative inspiration, allowing her to bring embroidery to ceramic art. Through her creations, she hopes to show the special skills and gentle features of women. And at the same time, she would also like to express the changes and tough side of women in today's society.
Oi Ying Valerie: https://oiyingvalerieho.tumblr.com/
Li Tak Yung Doris: https://www.instagram.com/dorislty_ceramics/
