Kenny Yong-soo Son
Kenny Yong soo Son — Circular Tinned Teapot, 2025
DONE/UNDONE
Curated by Joseph Gardner
VISIONARIES 2025: Presenting the future of Australian art, craft and design through the lens of one of the country's most influential creatives.
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Hand-fabricated, tin-plated copper teapot from Sydney based artist Kenny yong soo Son following the principle of form following function. Each handcrafted teapot has an acrylic handle and knob, and is accompanied with a corresponding tinned-copper stand.
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Kenny Yong-soo Son is an object maker based in Sydney, Australia.
With a background in metal craft and object design, the fundamental focus behind Son’s practice is to create work that resembles a sense of longevity and hand-craftsmanship. The design aesthetics of Son’s work relate to the idea of reduction and simplicity, with emphasis on modern and traditional craftsmanship in the physical work process.
Son is interested in producing work that has the ability to interact with the user and its surroundings, allowing a trigger of emotions of the user when in harmony with the object. Son firmly believes that, for contemporary crafts and craftsmanship to excel, it is reliant on current and future makers to translate their outputs habitually and ingeniously towards the public. Work that is perhaps ordinary, rather a work that is conceived to be extraordinary.
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14 November 2025 - 7 February 2026
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Joseph Gardner is the 2025 Visionaries curator – presenting DONE/UNDONE: an exhibition of 50+ artists, and one of Craft’s largest exhibitions to date – featuring artists working across medium, scale and practice, representing exceptional Australian talent.
DONE/UNDONE explores the creative process as a space of constant negotiation – a series of decisions to build, erase, repeat, or let be. It’s about that intuitive moment when a maker chooses to pause, to push further, or to dismantle entirely. These are the choices that define the rhythm of making – choices familiar to artists, designers, and creators across disciplines.
Joseph Gardner is the Style Editor at Vogue Living, with a decade of experience in publishing and styling, and the founder of Sydney-based gallery, Studio Gardner.
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Material: Tinned copper, acrylic, steel
Dimensions: approx. Teapot: 14.5 x 19 x 23.7cm. Stand: 3.8 x 24 x 24cm.
Please note: purchased works are to be collected at the conclusion of the exhibition (7 February 2026).
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