*Note: The water outlet is Mesh *

[With certificate]

author: Yang Weiqian

Rank: National-level senior industrial artist

Mud material: raw ore purple mud

Capacity: 150cc

Year of production: Year of Gengzi

[New ideas in tradition] - Yang Weiqian, 2021 Zhenggao, 2021 Zhenggao senior rural revitalization technician, member of the China Arts and Crafts Society, artist included in the Jiangsu Province Cultural and Art Celebrity Database, member of the Jiangsu Province Ceramics Industry Association, Jiangsu Province Folk Art History Research Fellow.

Born in a family of pottery artists in 1971, he entered the Yixing Zisha Craft Factory in 1986 to learn pot-making skills. Later, he became a disciple of Wu Yaping, a famous ceramic artist in Jiangsu Province, and received careful guidance from masters Wang Shigeng and Jiang Rong, famous celebrities in purple clay arts and crafts. He attended the first China Arts and Crafts Society He studied in the ceramic design advanced training class and studied for a bachelor's degree in arts and crafts. In 2012, he was admitted to the purple sand advanced training class of the China Academy of Art to continue his further studies, which brought his understanding of the traditional purple clay teapot shape to a higher level. Through the accumulation of theoretical study and practice, based on tradition and incorporating one's own ideas, a personal style has been formed.

In 2000, he founded the "Qianhufang" studio. His works are simple and elegant, pursuing "new, unique and beautiful" in tradition. Works such as "Auspicious Clouds", "Blooming in Bloom", "Like a Fish in Water", "A Blockbuster", "The Moon is Bright and the Wind is Clear", and "Beauty Like the Moon" have won national awards. Some works have been collected by the National Museum for a long time. Some excellent works have been collected into volumes in large books, periodicals and archives. In 2011, on behalf of the Zisha Industry Association, he was invited to participate in the Oriental Tea Culture Global Tour Exhibition held by Huaxiang Garden in Taiyuan Station for on-site pot art exchanges. In 2013, he was selected into the "Beijing Huaxia Treasure Museum Treasure Hunt China Tour (Pottery Capital. Yixing)-'2013 Annual China" "Top Ten Outstanding Figures of Zisha" was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award to the Zisha Industry by the China Yixing International Ceramics Culture and Art Festival in the same year. In April 2014, he went to Creighton University in the United States for an art exhibition and exchange at the invitation. The purple clay pot "One Bamboo Segment" was collected by the school for a long time.

In 2000, he founded the "Qianhufang" studio. His works are simple and elegant. He pursues "newness, uniqueness and beauty" in tradition to form his personal style. Some of his best works have been published in large books and periodicals.

In 2001, the "Pillar Base" pot was collected by the Hong Kong Great World Collection Center for a long time.

In 2001, the "Qingya" teapot won the Excellence Award at the West Lake Expo and the 4th International Tea Expo.

In 2003, "Auspicious Beasts Welcome" won the Silver Award in the Shanghai International Culture Festival's Famous Pot Competition.

In 2003, "Lotus Heart Sutra Tea Set" won the gold medal in the Xiamen International Famous Pot Competition.

In 2004, the "Linghua" pot won the special prize at the Fujian International Tea Set Expo.

In 2004, the "Golden Rooster Crows in Spring" pot won the gold medal in the tea set competition at the China Guangzhou Tea Expo.

In 2005, the "Auspicious Clouds" and "Auspicious Beasts" pots won the Silver Award and the Excellence Award respectively at the 7th China (National) Arts and Crafts Masters Expo.

In 2006, "Beauty Like the Moon" won the "Huamao Cup" Excellence Award at the China Handicraft Expo.

In 2006, the "Moonlight and Fengqing" pot was collected by the Yixing Ceramics Museum for a long time.

In 2007, "China Rural Education" Publishing House published his unique book "Inheriting from Tradition, Innovating from Tradition".

In 2008, "Moonlight and Fengqing" was donated to the Jiangsu Province Sports Development Foundation to fund sports public welfare undertakings in Jiangsu Province.

In 2009, "Like a Fish in Water" won the Gold Medal for Outstanding Works at the "4th China (Putian) Strait Arts and Crafts Expo".

In 2009, "In Bloom" won the gold medal in the "Seventh National Crafts, Tourism Products and Gifts Expo" and "China Art Cup" Outstanding Works Competition.