Hello…My name is Heejin Hwang and now I am studying Art Metals at University of Wisconsin-Madison and will be graduating with an MFA next May.
I have been more focused on enameling since taking Helen Carnac’s class-Mark Making in Enamel-at Penland School of Crafts in 2010. What first attracted me to enameling was surface quality that I’d like to work with. Thus, the majority of my current pieces have sensuous surfaces that offer meanings that satisfy intellectually as well as aesthetically.
My work is about the tension between structure and sensuality. I am interested in framing female identity through the lens of beauty, control, dignity, strength and vulnerability. .As multiple units complete a perfect structure, the whole becomes animated and my jewelry comes to life. Only when the body ornaments are perfectly installed on the wearer, does an emotional and structural rapport begin.
Steel sheet, steel wire, enamel, ground rock / 2010
Steel wire, enamel, ground rock / 2011
Steel wire, enamel, ground rock, hand-dyed yarn / 2011
One of my favorite activities in studio is to look at my lovely samples for a while sitting in front of the bench, which is the most basic of my creative process.
My sample board
Everyone, good luck with your project!!
