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Spencer Fung

'Ode to the Lotus, a journey from muddy waters to the celestial', is inspired by one of the greatest Chinese philosophers, Zhou Dunyi, and particularly, his 'Ode to the Lotus'.  For Spencer it embodies exactly what he was trying to communicate with his ceramics in our turbulent times. Stay upright and reach for the heavenly purity.

These delicate, lotus leaf-like organic forms emerged from humble beginnings with a block of mineral clay that I played with one afternoon at home' explained Spencer, 'I felt an urgency, as if on a journey, and I found an uncontrollable force springing from my hands. From this intuitive creation came expressions of botanic forms. I discovered and learnt about the material, experimenting with its limitations and pushing its potential.'