RACHEL HO presents...

For this outdoor exhibition I will place forty porcelain pots in the Stoke-on-Trent landscape for members of the public to discover and keep. Hiding scars in the exterior landscape to represent the scars in our interior landscape.  My work is inspired by Kintsugi, an ancient Japanese method of mending broken pottery with gold, as a result, the pots become more beautiful and precious. I deliberately scar each pot and fill the scar with gold; expressing the mystery of new beginnings and new life even in our deepest pain. These golden scars represent all our stories of loss and reflect the beauty of hope and healing.

Rachel Ho has a passion for creating conceptual porcelain work that evokes mystery and beauty. Her work is mostly wheel based but she also uses other techniques such as paper clay and plaster moulds. Her work expresses and explores aspects of our human condition. Rachel receives a first class honours in Fine and Applied Art at the University of Ulster in Belfast. She graduated from the Craft Council of Ireland pottery course in Co. Kilkenny. Rachel has further developed her skills by working for potters in Ireland and New Zealand. Her work has recently been exhibited in Manchester, Macclesfield and London. Rachel lives in Macclesfield with her husband and two young children.

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