Clay is the material I know most intimately.
One kind of earth lies in the fields, nourished by the changing seasons, giving life to crops. Another rests in my hands, transformed through kneading, shaping, and firing into the medium of artistic creation. Moving each day between farmland and the studio, I gradually came to understand that farming and making share the same essence: both are ways of patiently cultivating time within the earth.
The Chinese character "Wo" (沃) signifies nourishment, abundance, and flourishing, while "Tu" (土) means earth—the very foundation from which all life emerges. Fertile Earth is both the richness of cultivated land and the warmth held within the palm. Wherever time settles, life quietly takes root.
Through my work, I seek to capture the processes of gathering, becoming, and transformation. The layers, sprouts, and organic growth embodied in these sculptures arise from years of living alongside the land, as well as from the physical traces left by my hands through the repeated shaping of clay. These accumulated forms resemble the incubation and fermentation of fertile soil, recording the depth and vitality that life acquires as it journeys through time.
Earth is more than a material. It carries time, preserves memory, and nurtures the future. Fertile Earth sustains the possibility of life, allowing our days to continue unfolding through silent nourishment, between the fields and the human hand.