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Ceramics by Karena Lam
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「剛開始有很多挫敗，太執著想要成果漂亮，就投射了自己的想法，但發覺我根本沒去嘗試了解泥的特質。而且我好怕失敗，但造陶呢，就是一件常常讓我經歷失敗的事。」她迷上的，大概是那個不停歇的過程，想繼續下去的渴望，像是一步步前進，又不斷拉回最初，如水結成冰又融掉，變成零。但那是零嗎？
調不同的釉藥，揉不同的泥，拉出的形狀是自己的狀態，她好奇所有過程加起來得出的反應，包括燒製出窯一刻才了解原來破損裡包含了接納。「我實在有太多都是破掉的，但它讓我知道：是這樣就是這樣的了。譬如說，笑的時候的那道魚尾紋，或一道疤痕或皺紋還是裂紋也好，這些全都是美的一種特質，因為它來自你的接納。」
「我覺得泥土真的有讓我成為一個更好的聆聽者。」
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“My early days in pottery were marked by many failures. I was obsessed with the task to get it right. Often, I would project my own considerations rather than try to understand the materiality of the clay. I tend to avert failures; pottery draws me back to confront my fears – over and over again.”
Perhaps, what Karena has fallen in love with about pottery is the restlessness as such: the hunger to continue, to move forward, occasionally throwing the clay back to square one.
From mixing the glaze to moulding the clay and throwing, pottery is a highly personal, intimate process. Karena is fascinated by the outcome after the ceramics have gone through firing. From her, it demands acceptance: “So many of my final products have turned out broken in some way, but they’ve also made me realise: it is what it is. It’s the same with wrinkles when one smiles, or scars, or cellulite: they all came from a place of beauty – of acceptance.”
“I think pottery has really made me a better listener.”
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Read more: bit.ly/obscura-ceramics-karena-lam
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