Artist Statement My practice treats ceramic art as an open-ended narrative driven by material juxtaposition and intuitive experimentation. Within the historical context of Jingdezhen porcelain, I choose to approach high-fired clay not as a rigid, definitive medium, but as the generative beginning of a conversation. By expanding my canvas to incorporate multi-media assemblage—including meticulous wirework, weaving, soft sculpture, and handmade ceramic beadwork—I seek to capture the fleeting romance found in the chaotic friction between disparate textures. My current body of work, Cosmic Folk, bridges speculative sci-fi mythologies with ancient totemic archetypes. It explores the psychological landscape of the contemporary individual: the juxtaposition of cosmic romance against a profound existential isolation. Amid the weightless, floating systems of the digital age, my work seeks to forge an intimate, tactile anchor. Jing Yao's practice subverts the historical weight of traditional porcelain by introducing an egalitarian, visceral lexicon of mixed-media assemblage. Rather than treating high-fired clay as a static endpoint, she approaches it as an open canvas for material friction. Her ongoing series, Cosmic Folk, weaves speculative sci-fi narratives into ancient totemic forms, effectively addressing the contemporary youth ethos: navigating existential isolation through localized world-building.