Tradition/Innovation : Choo Cultural Gallery

Fong Choo, potter
Fong Choo, born and raised in Singapore, is deeply acculturated into contemporary American life. Having moved to the U.S. in 1983 to study business, he now teaches ceramics at Bellarmine University in Louisville. Drawing from his awareness of the Yiching* tradition, Choo brings his own sense of color, humor and form to the teapot tradition. Choo draws a distinction between innovation, originality and authenticity.	Photo by Scheri Smith
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Innovation is not a concept that stirs his interest. Rather, he believes in evolving an idea into something of his own. He is more interested in “authenticity than in originality.” “What I like, what I am enjoying mostly now, is I’m actually out there to share the information, teaching workshops. ..in different centers in the country and recently at this conference, I’ve been offered to teach internationally, so I’m really looking forward to that.” *Yiching refers to a historic Chinese pottery-producing district, where small, finely crafted, unglazed, highly polished teapots are still produced.
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