Vessels of Qi: Carrying What Endures

Vessels of Qi: Carrying What Endures explores ancestral craft lineages through practices rooted in repetition, ritual and embodied form.

Lee’s process unfolds through deliberate, sequential gestures, preserving the structural rhythms of inherited technique and cultural memory. Drawing from the symbolic resonance of ancient East-Asian Vessels, each piece bears the imprint of silent memory and generational care. Blending natural materials with refined leather, Lee reimagines handcraft into a living archive which navigates between vessel and contour.

Through calibrated spatial rhythm and tactile intimacy, the vessel becomes a site of passage and a carrier of sentiment—holding the weight of what endures and potential for its continuation.