"Song Feng Shui Yue" Cai Shao Cup Set
"Song Feng Shui Yue" Cai Shao Cup Set
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Tea Cups
De Hua Porcelain
Yi Xuan CeramicsThis fully handmade cup set is one-of-a-kind and available while supplies last
Crafted By Yi Xuan
This set of four tasting cups by artist Yi Xuan is inscribed with the classical four character expression << 松风水月 >>, a line from a Tang Dynasty Li Ye poem describing a scene of perfect tranquility - pine trees bending lighlly in the wind and moonlight on the water.
This reference to natural beauty in transition pairs with the spirit of Yi Xuan’s own work - a portrait of her wood-fired kilns fleeting heat signature, and the spirit of gongfu tea itself.
Technical Specifications
- weight : ~27g each
- apprx. capacity : ~11 ml each
- width : ~3.5 cm each
- height : ~2.5 cm each
- firing : Cai Shao
These iridescent cups are entirely hand-thrown by artist Yi Xuan. These pieces came out of her kiln with natural swirling iridescence, an artifact of the extreme heat of her multi-day firing process that gets so hot, she has to build her work from a special hand-blended porcelain mix instead of traditional clay which would otherwise break apart in the kiln.
These tasting cups are not glazed - their color comes entirely from iron-oxide dusts present in her porcelain reacting to the heat of the firing, making this piece incredibly thin and light, a true pleasure to hold in the hand.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Yi Xuan
Dehua County Yi Xuan Ceramics Research Institute |
Cai Shao Ceramics Studio Research Center
Master potter, artist and researcher Yi Xuan heads her own officially-recognized Ceramics Research Institute, accredited by the Dehua Ceramics Development Committee as a Research and Development site for collaboration with ceramics craft university programs. She primarily works with national-level ceramics masters and graduate program professors doing experimental kiln firings, researching new techniques and collaborating as an artist and kiln master.
Her wood-fired kiln is based on years of research on ancient firing techniques, along with modern science and collaboration. Due to the immense amount of work to do a firing, Yi Xuan only fires three times a year, with most space devoted to university research projects. This means her own body of work is tiny and mostly reserved by collectors before firing.
Yi Xuan and Verdant Tea
In November 2023, we were lucky enough to be introduced to Yi Xuan through a classmate that studied with one of the professors with whom she collaborates. We became quick friends.
Yi Xuan decided to make a few of the pieces held back for her own personal collection available to us as a cultural exchange to share Dehua’s ancient and ever changing ceramics tradition.
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