Yurim Gough

Yurim draws straight onto the surface of each piece. Life drawing in front of the living, breathing model joins the model’s pose to the contoured surface of the piece. The lines from the model are communicated through the rough texture to the fired handbuilt stoneware with a ceramic pencil. The jagged lines soften under glaze. For some pieces, imagery is overlaid on the drawings.

In Asian culture bowls are philosophically connected with humanity; for example in Korea we might talk about how big a bowl you have in your mind, so the bowl is holding all your knowledge and experience. I mould the bowls in my hands and I draw straight onto them, with no plan, never changing a line. My vases are like many bowls coming together inverted into sculptures.

Artist’s bio:

Yurim Gough was born in South Korea and graduated in fashion design in Seoul. By the age of 30 she had designed shoes for over ten years in Seoul, Tokyo and London. After relocating to England she started life drawing again and experimented with it on other media, eventually combining it with ceramics. In 2013 she returned to her first calling and became an artist, mixing the life drawing with ceramics.