Choi Keeryong combines pieces from traditional British ceramics with glassblowing and an inlaid colouring technique. This approach was developed during his PhD research and is inspired by ancient Korean ‘Saggam’ pottery techniques.
The combination of blown glass with the locally manufactured porcelain elements also reflect Keeryong’s immigrant experience in Scotland: the juxtaposition between British pottery and Korean glass enables Keeryong to explore how the ambiguity of an individual’s cultural interpretation can help to create the state of “uncanni-ness’ in the viewer’s visual experiences.
Keeryong's work is held in public art collections in the United Kingdom and the United States, and has been exhibited widely, from South Korea to Germany. He was a finalist in the 2023 Loewe Foundation International Craft Prize.
