FDA-A.2561-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2561-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Cloud Mountain #5
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Ceramic sculpture in blue/aqua and white
Comments
Born and raised in Guilin, China, Jing Huang is a ceramic artist. She currently lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Water vapour is always present in the air around us in the form of suspended droplets and aerosols. Water vapour attaches to dust particles in the environment, forming raindrops, hail or snow depending on the temperature. As water vapour cools we see it as a cloud of steam, or on a larger scale as the clouds in the sky. This piece by the Chinese sculptor and ceramicist Jing Huang is part of a series reflecting the natural flow of changes in landscape and atmosphere over time, translating the intangible movement of clouds around a mountain peak into solid form.
Water vapour is always present in the air around us in the form of suspended droplets and aerosols. Water vapour attaches to dust particles in the environment, forming raindrops, hail or snow depending on the temperature. As water vapour cools we see it as a cloud of steam, or on a larger scale as the clouds in the sky. This piece by the Chinese sculptor and ceramicist Jing Huang is part of a series reflecting the natural flow of changes in landscape and atmosphere over time, translating the intangible movement of clouds around a mountain peak into solid form.
Description
Dimensions
length (actual size): 301mm
depth (actual size): 216mm
height (actual size): 200mm
depth (actual size): 216mm
height (actual size): 200mm
Materials & techniques note
Glazed stoneware
Production
Person
Huang, Jing (Artist)
Date
2022
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by the family of Seojoon Justin Kim (PEPW, 2019-2024) to mark Eton’s inaugural East and South East Asian Heritage Month (2023) - organised by Justin and the Heritage Month Planning Committee, and the exhibition ‘The Wind from the East’ (2024)
Exhibited: ‘The Wind from the East’, Tower Gallery, Eton College, 1 to 26 February 2024 (curated by Jinjoo Josephine Lee FRSA FRAS, mother of Seojoon Justin Kim); 'Elemental', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 6 November 2025 to 14 June 2026 (catalogue number 34)
Exhibited: ‘The Wind from the East’, Tower Gallery, Eton College, 1 to 26 February 2024 (curated by Jinjoo Josephine Lee FRSA FRAS, mother of Seojoon Justin Kim); 'Elemental', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 6 November 2025 to 14 June 2026 (catalogue number 34)
