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Object number6045
TitleInnovation
CreatorRussell Edwin Wee
Descriptionclay
Date2025
Material600-CERAMICS
Current locationMS
Dimensions
overall: 12 x 10 x 10"
Acquired fromHawai'i Craftsmen, Downtown Art Center, "Raku Ho'olaule'a 2025," juried exhibition (April 4, 2025 - April 26, 2025)
Credit lineState Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Collection
Accompanying textRussell Edwin Wee received an associate’s degree from Leeward Community College in 1976 and was a ceramic teacher for 33 years. Innovation was fired at the annual Raku Hoʻolauleʻa 2025, using ferric chloride and tinfoil in the raku kiln to achieve some of the surface detailing. Interested in the relationship between man and machine, this sculpture is part of a body of work where Wee incorporates machine part forms. Innovation includes these details repeating around the top of the vessel.