Luminescence Glaze as Third Decoration on Ceramic Surface

Abstract

This paper described the exploration of collaboration involving ceramic artistic work and advanced material. The study challenged some of the commonly accepted oppositions that have been a mainstay of conventional opposition between artwork and advanced material. Artistic works are usually held to be spontaneous, elegant, full of aesthetic value and unique in some way, whereas advanced materials are usually held to be extremely sensitive in terms of synthesis and fabrication, structure and accuracy. The challenges in the postmodern view as the distinction between ceramic artistic works and advanced material could be vague in certain aspects. The exploration followed a ceramic discipline in the artwork making process, public sculpture besides the nature of material. The ordinary forms of artwork were re-worked and re-imagined through the integration of ceramic advanced material, luminescence and the distortion of artwork approach. The literature on authenticity of labu sayong and the literature on luminescence substance were analysed deeply. The method of the innovative research processes towards the development of both ceramic artwork itself as well as the academic reflection upon it. The challenge is to balance science and art, with both attempts offering unique insight into perception and cognition, often to mutual benefit.