Making a Splash: The Sculptures of Johnson Tsang

Tea time just got a little more interesting.

Sculptor Johnson Tsang brings unexpected life to bowls, cups, and plates, blending traditional sculpting methods with surrealist imagery.

The Hong Kong based artist takes a playful approach to ceramics, giving everyday objects anthropomorphic qualities and instilling them with a sense of movement and fluidity.

At times comical, at other times sentimental, his creations never fail to inspire a sense of wonder in viewers.

In Tsang's work, rims of dishes give way to rippled edges, breaking off into dancing, human-like figures. Cups are poised in mid-air, their contents spilling out and forming elegant, twisting patterns.

Otherwise ordinary bowls burst at their centers, where merging dragons uncoil their long bodies. Saucers and teacups with faces engage in a tender embrace, their edges replaced by craning lips.