Somchai Charoen is a Thai born ceramic artist based in Sydney
who has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Trained
in industrial ceramics design, he was a former lecturer at
Silpakorn University, Thailand. Since migrating to Australia in
2002, he has worked commercially as a mould and model
maker as well as established his ceramic home ware label Eat
Clay.

Charoen is a co-founder of Belmore ITCH, a creative for nonceramic
artists to experiment, explore and interpret the
medium.

“Ceramic slip casting is a simple technique to create objects of
varying complexities of form based upon a mould, and reproduce
them in multiples. Somchai likes to challenge his skill by making a mould that will explore the possibilities and limits of what the
medium can be.

Jaegun is the Thai name of the vase. This body of work showcases Charoen’s moulds that can rearranged or connected
in different ways resulting in flexible ever changing
arrangements.”