Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA)

Artist Introduction

Your Art-making Activity: Ceramic figurines 

Resource Kit Overview

Let’s get to know more before making your ceramic figurines. 

Introduction of Clay and Tools

Video Viewing and appreciation

Based on the HKMoA collection, this series, ‘In Touch with Hong Kong Artists’, provides education materials and activity sets designed with the aim to raise the interest in artists and art and culture in Hong Kong. In this resource kit, Li Wei-han, Rosanna will be introduced.

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Li Wei-han, Rosanna

Visual Arts

The Arts

Clay is essential to Li’s art-making process to create ceramic figurines. There are steps to complete one. The upcoming slides will show you the characteristic of clay, technique and tools.

- Water moisturizes the clay and makes it easier to shape 

- If there are air bubbles in the clay, it may crack when firing 

Put the slices together. Knead the clay until it is evenly mixed.

Knives, wooden rifflers, sharp pins, wire scrapers, thread cutters, clay, slurries, water, cloths, wheel, wooden board and plastic wraps. And a kiln for firing process. 

Resource Kits

Object Library

Museums

In Touch with Hong Kong Artists: Li Wei-han, Rosanna

Introduction of Clay and Tools

Background Knowledge

Clay