When glass fuses with metal, ceramics, stone, or even glass itself, it can transform into a glossy surface that is called enamel. Labor intensive and quite hazardous, the arts of enameling require both skills and patience. Archeologists traced back enameling workshops to early antiquity but the debate is still fierce on where the first enameled artefacts were actually created. What remains for certain: the techniques traveled in the West to reach further far Eastern cultures via the silks roads. Champlevé, Painted Guilloché,or Cloisonné enamels have been constantly admired and revived through the ages, especially by goldsmiths, jewelers and potters.
Along with Hong Kong Artist Chong Ho, this conversation is a dialogue between History and Craftsmanship, a journey through a technique and its contemporary artistic possibilities.
This talk will be given on the occasion of Fine Art Asia 2024.
Speakers:
Chong Ho, Jewelry artist, Founder of Chong Ho Art Jewelry
Bonnie Lau, Art Historian, Director of Hon Ming Gallery and Lecturer at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
Important Note:
This Talk is included in the Fine Art Asia 2024 program. No separate registration is required; attendance is open to all who hold an entry ticket for Fine Art Asia 2024. To attend this Talk, please ensure you have purchased your entry ticket to Fine Art Asia 2024.
Details:
Date: Sunday, October 6, 2024
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Language: Conducted in Cantonese
Fee: Free for Fine Art Asia tickets holders
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hall 1C, HKCEC, The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Address: 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Photo: Ho Siu Chong (b.1977), Dragonfly-Fish brooch, 2020, Private Collection