author: Shi Yiming

Rank: National Assistant Arts and Crafts Artist

Clay material: purple clay

Capacity: 250cc

Features: This pot is a display of the exquisite skills of pottery hands on every "face" on the purple clay pot. The fully manual Qin Quan pays attention to the uniformity and strength of the clay tablets each time. A little carelessness can easily lead to flowery clay or unevenness.

[Good at copying ancient artifacts by hand] Shi Yiming, male, was born in 1990 in a Yixing pot-making family. He was a national assistant arts and crafts artist in 2017. His father, Shi Jiangwei, once worshiped Wang Hongjun, a disciple of the Gu family, as his disciple, and refined purple sand clay, accumulating a wealth of experience. Shi Yiming has been exposed to decades of pot-making experience and clay materials since he was a child. The clay materials used in making pots are all old clays collected by his family and uniquely blended.

A young ceramic artist born in the 1990s with a university degree, his book "Cultural Qualifications and the Inheritance and Innovation of Zisha Art" won the second prize in Yixing City's 2016-2017 Excellent Academic Paper Competition. He studied under the guidance of the powerful Mr. Ma Jinghui. Under the leadership of the master, his skills have become increasingly sophisticated. Coupled with his unique artistic vision and insights, his works are all meticulously crafted, and he is famous for Gu's most skillful optical ware.