New York
Glazed ceramic
Small bowls, 4”-5” wide x 3” high
Medium bowls, 10”-12” wide x 3” high
Large Bowl, 14″ wide x 4.5″ high

Young Mi Kim worked and taught for years from her studio in Bearsville, and at the Byrdcliffe Guild in Woodstock NY. She now resides in South Korea, the country of her birth. Each of her ceramic pieces is one-of-a-kind and slowly, meticulously hand built. She layers strands of clay in a coil, carefully working upward as she discovers the shape. She writes, “In essence, each layer marks time and space. When I hand build my pots, it is a form of meditation. It is my attempt to live in grace: like an open vessel, empty and yet full.” Young Mi is also a gardener, and her time in nature clearly influences her work.

This series of bowls are akin to mollusks that have been pulled from the sea, whose shells are rich with texture and patina. Irregular nodes form on the outside of the bowls as if they are barnacles. The graphite glaze gives the surface a subdued gleam.