Speaker 講者: Alan Lai Chi-Kong 賴志剛
Date 日期: 7/8/2021 (Sat)
Time時間: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Language 語言: Cantonese 廣東話
There is a diversity of clay used in contemporary ceramic art, each with a unique feature. The effects, such as color and texture on the surface of the finished ceramics, vary according to the difference in clay applied and firing temperature ranges after glazing. In his lecture, Mr. Alan Lai will introduce different types of clay and glaze in contemporary ceramic art, hoping to expand the appreciation of the “Childhood in Ceramic” exhibition artworks with basic knowledge from a technical level.
陶藝創作可以運用單一陶土或混合各地陶土製作，不同的陶土各有獨特性，作品表面顏色與質感會因為不同的土，加上釉上的厚薄在高溫度燒製下產生效果各異。講座將由賴志剛老師介紹陶藝創作中常用的土以及釉色的調配，透過對材料基本瞭解與認識，並針對「童年」陶藝特展作品進行材質解析與欣賞。
About the Speaker
Founder of arthome.hk studio, Alan Lai Chi Kong is an art educator, ceramicist and sculptor. He used to be a Visual Arts teacher in secondary schools and a lecturer in studio pottery and art education in universities in Hong Kong. He graduated from Sir Robert Black College of Education in 1978 and received the Merit Prize in the Advanced Teacher Education in Art in Grantham College of Education in 1985. He received the Distinction Award in the Studio Pottery in Hong Kong Polytechnic Advance Certificate in 1987. Mr. Lai received the Sir Robert Black scholarship to study the BEd in Art in the University of Liverpool and graduated with first class honours in 1991. He also completed the master’s degree in Chest University in 1995 and the ITE master’s degree with distinction in the University of Hong Kong in 2003. He founded the arthome.hk studio in Fotan to begin his pottery and wood carving creations in 2008, providing a series of pottery classes.
Mr. Lai began to create art and design since young, trying to explore every expressive possibility through various mediums to apply in his own creations, as well as his art education career. After retiring from full-time art teaching, he devoted fully to his art career. His works were selected several times in the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial. His works are exhibited worldwide in China, Japan and the United Kingdom, and collected by private collectors. Other than creating with different mediums, Mr. Lai’s research and works focus on exploring clay shaping and glazing.
講者介紹
賴志剛是藝舍工作室創辦人，亦是一位美術教育及陶瓷雕塑藝術工作者。賴先生曾任職中學專科美術老師30多年，亦在大學兼教陶藝及美術教育近20年。1978年於香港柏立基教育學院畢業，1985獲葛量洪教育學院美術高級師資訓練（優異獎），1987獲理工學院陶藝高級文憑畢業（優異獎），1991獲柏立基獎學金修讀英國利物浦大學美術教育學位以一級榮譽畢業。1995英國利物浦大學修畢美術教育碩士課程。2003香港大學資訊技教育碩士課程優等畢業。2008開始在火炭成立藝舍工作室從事陶藝及木雕創作，並提供陶藝創作課程。
賴志剛自少投身創作工作，不斷探索在傳統及當代不同視覺藝術媒介的表現可行性，應用在藝術教育生工作。2008年退出全職美術教學工作後，仍然全情投入藝術創作生涯。賴氏作品自1985開始入選香港當代藝術雙年展多次，作品亦曾在香港，中國，日本，英國多次聯展中展出。作品獲世界各地私人收藏。賴志剛除了應用不同媒體創作外，亦專注研究陶藝造型和配釉創作。
