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Vase

Artist: Chunghi Choo (Korean, born 1938)
Date: 1986
Dimensions:
18 x 7 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (45.7 x 19.7 x 9.2 cm)
Medium: Electroformed copper, silverplate
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of The Georgia Welles Apollo Society
Object number: 1996.10
Label Text:Korean-born Chunghi Choo moved to the United States in 1961 to study metalsmithing, weaving, and ceramics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Choo’s sculptural metalwork from the 1980s is inspired by traditional Asian calligraphy, while its execution is rooted in American craftsmanship and modern technology.

In order to achieve the fluidity of form she envisioned, Choo developed an industrial electroforming process for studio use, building her vessels in copper on a wax model, then silver-plating them. The sweeping movements characteristic of the calligraphy brush have been transformed here into a three-dimensional, flowing, organic vessel shape. The graceful upward swing of the handles is airily dismissive of their practical function.
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