Jia-Haur Liang was born and trained in Taiwan. In the ‘Transitional Space’ series, Liang explores the inner-outer relationship by experimenting with different openings and planes on a repeated form which resembles a spinning top or a vessel. These modifications could be openings in the ceramic that hint at spaces within or the breaking forth of unexpected shapes, which reveal the inner-outer as a continuum. The basic shape of Liang’s pieces are produced by covering a polystyrene form with modelling clay. Once the clay is sufficiently stable, the polystyrene is removed and then the shape is modified and the details completed using clay sheets and hand-modelling. A clay slip is then patted on to the surface and then carefully polished before firing once at stoneware temperature.