Rank: National Arts and Crafts Artist

Mud material: Bottom trough green

Capacity: 250cc

[Inheriter of Gu Jingzhou’s calligraphy purple sand] - Wang Xu, born in Yixing in 1971, is a member of China’s purple sand professional talent pool. The inheritor of Gu Jingzhou calligraphy culture and a disciple of Master Wu Yaping, a researcher-level senior craftsman. In the early 1990s, he entered the ceramics industry. Under the influence of the ceramic family, he gradually stood out in the purple clay industry. In the past thirty years, he was fortunate to receive careful guidance from many masters such as Gu Jingzhou, Lu Yaochen, Wu Yaping, Wang Yinxian, Bao Zhiqiang, etc., and he practiced diligently. , learned from the strengths of others, and made remarkable progress in pot art. In the long-term creative practice, I use solid basic skills to broaden the ideas of my works, focusing on the overall effect of the shape and the expression of the inner charm.

In 2017, "Sifang Bridge and Tripod" won the gold medal in the 16th China Arts and Crafts Masters Expo;
In 2017, "Tiger Walking Around the World" won the Creative Art Gold Award at the 12th International Cultural Industry Expo in Shenzhen, China;
In 2018, "The Mainstay" won the first prize at the China Shenzhen International Cultural Industry Expo;
In 2019, "Scenery Boat Full of Stones" won the gold medal at the 18th China Arts and Crafts Masters Expo;
In 2019, "Charm of Taihu Lake" won the gold medal of the "Chinese Arts Cup" at the 16th National Arts and Crafts Expo;
In 2020, "Sand Sifang" won the gold medal at the National Crafts and Gifts Expo.