Email: sowmunli@yahoo.com.sg

About the Artist:
Johnny’s career as a potter began soon after he took a job as a kiln stoker at Ceramic Brickworks in 1983. He became fascinated with clay and started carving discarded bricks that were not suitable for firing. When a pottery studio was started at the Brickworks he became part of the group of potters. After he left Ceramic Brickworks he joined the pottery programme at Outram Park Community Center and followed when it was moved to Tanjong Pagar Community Club.

Johnny prefers handbuilding to throwing as he finds handbuilding more interesting as it offers greater possibilities in form. He especially enjoys fingering. His current work combines slabwork and fingering to create representations of nature. He finds matte glazes more suitable for his sculptural works. He also enjoys creating animation characters where the challenge is to bring two-dimensional drawings to three-dimensional life.