Contemporary ceramics · Global edition

Let the ocean
stay in clay

Kuiyao uses ceramics to record the relationship between people, the ocean, the body and time. Every work is made in the studio and available for private collections, interiors and public art projects.

Enter the collectionMeet the artist
01 / Selected works

Ocean Series

From tides and deep-sea life to the traces people leave behind, the series considers the fragility of marine ecosystems in a changing climate. Glaze, cracks and hand marks form a sea that remains unstable and unfinished.

Objects hold time.

Kuiyao is an independent ceramic practice by artist Molly. Working with clay, glaze and found materials, she makes works that move between sculpture and vessel. The aim is not surface perfection, but to let firing, contraction, flow and scars remain visible. The Ocean Series extends this language toward ecological fragility and climate change. It does not speak for nature; it asks viewers to reconsider the relationship between human life and the sea.

“We are not copying the ocean. We are looking for the tide a work can hold.”

Molly · Artist statement
Molly working in the studio
02 / The studio

It begins with the hand
and ends in fire

From slabs and shaping to glazing and firing, each work is guided by a series of hands-on decisions. The studio remains attentive to the material, energy and traces involved in making, allowing clay and fire to remain visible rather than claiming to reproduce nature. Based in China, the studio works with collectors, galleries, architects and hospitality projects worldwide, with international shipping available.

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03 / Studio notes

Studio in process

A work does not exist only after it is finished. Clay, glaze, the worktable and the wait before firing are all part of the Kuiyao practice.

Molly painting a large ceramic slab in the studio
Before the firing

A large clay slab on the worktable carries the traces of repeated glaze tests and decisions made by hand.

Kuiyao marine-inspired ceramic work
From hand to object

Handmade decisions settle into form, glaze and traces of fire, creating an object made to be looked at over time.

03 / Private viewing

Begin with a conversation
about collecting

For prices, dimensions, shipping and commission enquiries, contact the studio for the complete work archive.

Molly / Kuiyao Studio
studio@kuiyao.art
Worldwide inquiries welcome