Heath Clay Studio and Tung Chiang take us through a year-long project that resulted in over 100 ceramic animals with a story.

Ceramicist and head of Heath Clay Studio (the experimentation division of Heath Ceramics), Tung Chiang, recently launched Design Series 5: Forming Fables, the fifth show that explores ideas with clay throughout an entire year. This year he chose to create hand-formed ceramic animals and trees that illustrate the stories that go along with the collection. Throughout the year-long project, he spent time brainstorming ideas, fleshing out shapes and glazes, and honing the process of making the final pieces ? all in he made over 100 one-of-a-kind pieces for the show. For this month’s Deconstruction, they take us through the process of how this storied collection came to fruition. Tung Chiang in the Heath Clay Studio in San Francisco \ Photo by Eszther Matheson
Continuing to explore what design means to Heath, Tung Chiang, a well trained designer, gifted ceramicist, and head of the Heath Clay Studio, presents Design Series 5: Forming Fables. It?s the fifth presentation of Heath?s special Design Series show exploring the possibilities of designing with clay, this year focusing on hand-formed ceramic animals, painted vignettes, and the moving, and oftentimes funny stories behind them.
Tung?s animal sketches \ Photo by Heath Ceramics
To start, Tung spent time sketching animals. When designing, his focus is on a wide range of design that allows ...