Xinwei Che

Soft Faults is open for a final weekend this Saturday & Sunday 10am-6pm. Come by to have tea with us and see the show! Photos show sneak peaks of the exhibition, the crack rubbing workshop we hosted last weekend, and ‘s beautiful food creations that explore the show’s theme - smashable rojak and seeping rose-lychee tea chocolate egg. My fav is the 2nd last slide showing our first attempt at breaking the chocolate with me shouting the the background “harder! with more resolve! use your judo experience” 💗

(日本語は英語の後) Installation for Soft Faults is happening . Join us for our opening reception this Saturday, 23 May, 6pm onwards!

We are also hosting an artist talk & crack rubbing workshop on Sunday, 24 May, 2-4pm. We’ll be exploring what cracking, mending, and personal change might mean by exploring cracks around Kita ward. Workshop costs ¥500, DM to RSVP. Size limited to max 10 participants.

This show is open for view on the 23, 24, 30, 31 May, 10am-6pm daily.
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夏屋で「Soft Faults」搬入中!
オープニングレセプションは今週土曜、5月23日 18:00〜
ぜひ遊びに来てください！

また、5月24日（日）14:00〜16:00には、アーティストトークとひび割れ摺りワークショップも開催します。
夏屋周辺を歩きながら、割れや修復、そして個人的な変化について一緒に考えて、話し合います。
参加費：¥500（定員10名）
参加希望の方はDMでご連絡ください！

展示は5月23・24・30・31日、各日10:00〜18:00までご覧いただけます。

Excited to announce my first solo show in Kyoto, Japan

|| Soft Faults ||
2026.05.23, 24, 30, 31

Opening Hours - 10:00 - 18:00
Artist Talk & Workshop - 05.24 14:00 - 16:00
夏屋 Nutshouse Kyoto
66 Murasakino Kamimonzencho, Kita Ward

When working with clay, an enormous amount of labour is dedicated to avoiding cracks. Despite wedging, joining, supporting, and covering, clay can still fragment upon drying. Sometimes the only way forward is to accept the possibility of rupture.

Soft Faults is a collection of images that practice embracing change. Whether filled with herbal medicine or exposed to wind and rain, the unfired clay vessels in my photos inevitably seep and erode. But the vibrant stains that bloom in their wake quietly ask: what if cracks are not structural faults but moments that allow new possibilities to arise?

粘土を扱う際には、ひび割れを防ぐために非常に手間をかかる。練り、接合し、支え、覆いを施しても、乾燥の過程でなお崩壊することがある。ときには、破裂の可能性そのものを受け入れることが、唯一の前進となる。

「Soft Faults」は、変化を受け入れる実践としてのイメージの集積である。写真に写る未焼成の器は、薬草で満たされようと、風雨にさらされようと、やがて滲み、侵食されていく。しかし、その痕跡として立ち現れる鮮やかな染みは、静かに問いかける：ひび割れとは構造的な欠陥ではなく、新たな可能性が立ち上がる瞬間なのではないか、と。

Had the pleasure of hosting my Between Us, A Wave Unfolds workshop at to accompany ’s exhibition a little while ago 🧡 Both our practices engage with surfaces as living records of touch, relationships, and history! I loved working with participants as they shaped large clay waves together in silence, using only their hands to negotiate, communicate, listen, and support.
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Photo credit: 1 & 2 Arefeh Saberi, 3 & 4 Tuck Abbott

Excited to host the Explore & Create workshop at tomorrow! We will be exploring how ceramic vessels have mouths, necks, shoulders and bellies like we do. And we will use squishing, pinching, gentle pressure, and even our breathing, to shape clay right on our bodies to create one-of-kind pinch pots. The 20 person workshop is fully booked! I’m having lots of fun teaching through my practice at Gordon Smith. Thanks for having me.

Image credit - slide 2: .mata.hipol

Enamoured with the ground. I went to Eastern BC this summer and saw huge rocks in Yoho streaked with rusty orange and earthy yellows. Been dreaming about history and geology as I pour clay slips. Ready for the From the Ground opening tmrw, 6-8pm 🤎 thank you and Amelia Epp for bringing together this beautiful show!!

Almost ready for the From the Ground exhibition opening !! So excited to be a part of this show. Come say hi on Sept 19, 6-8pm 🧡

Almost ready for From the Ground show at !! So excited to be a part of this exhibition. Come say hi at our opening on Sept 19, 6-8pm 🤎