We enjoyed a visit with this talented young artist, Recheng . Her website is:
http://rechengtsang.com She admires E Hesse, and James Turrel, the former visible in her work. An artist who lives on the Berkeley/Oakland border, she has carved out a career in porcelain sculpture, having studied at UC Berkeley and then obtaining her masters at Univ of Washington Seattle, and then returning to Japan to study with masters, there. She has been pursuing her art over ten years, but nearly five were spent in child birthing and child care. Her children are now of an age where she can resume her own creative work in her studio which is on the top floor of her home.
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| example of porcelain on art canvas in her living room |
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| Created as part of project in residency in the Netherlands |
The pursuit of beauty and the creation of art is as necessary to life as is the eating of food, sleep, and a shelter, perhaps, moreso! The afternoon was delightful. I met a new artist, who is interested in living in Shanghai with her family and exploring that environment in terms of what it has to offer her. She is doing in porcelain, what I saw some fabric artists accomplishing. I think she is very talented. She is married to a lawyer and has a couple of children, one in the teens and one younger. She is earnest.
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| Her very earliest works which I like! |
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| This is where she is exploring the relationship between textile and tactile porcelain. Each piece is porcelain. I like this very much. |
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| This is a commission for an elegant work for an interior. Recheng often designs for interiors and creates installations. |
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| Recheng in a moment showing her good humor and delight in her own work and in sharing it. |
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| Sketches and drawings to move her towards her project.... |
Recheng gave me a lift to the restaurant in downtown Berkeley where we all had lunch; she and I shared a genmai cha, and we all had soba and shared a few tempura plates. Recheng and her family often come here for lunch soba, and enjoy the atmosphere here, which is simple, with "small hut" like traditional seating environs in which to enjoy the Japanese cuisine. The whole afternoon was a pleasure. Recheng, in transit to the Ipparaku, mentioned that she really loves the restaurant "Gathering". nearly across the street from the Institute for East Asian Studies.
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