Cai Shao “Kiln Fire” Gongfu Tasting Cup
Tea Cups
De Hua Porcelain
Yi Xuan Ceramics
Crafted By Yi Xuan
Experimental porcelain artist Yi Xuan is always pushing the boundaries of tradition and material science.
This new firing shows off her masterful combination of glazing effects - starting with an electric kiln firing to set the delicate porcelain, then an ash glaze wood kiln firing, and finally an electric firing to set the stunning, swirling reds that evoke the glowing fire of Yi Xuan's own wood kiln.
Technical Specifications
- weight : 50 g
- apprx. capacity : 26 ml
- width : 4.5 cm
- height : 4 cm
- firing : Dian Shao + Cai Shao
Fully hand-built, this cup feels like holding an ancient piece excavated after thousands of years.
Each of these pieces has slight natural variation, part of the beauty of truly hand-made work from one of China’s preeminent ceramics research scholars.
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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