The makers
Artists
Where to go and who to meet in the kiln city.
Chen Yuqing
3 works
Third-generation qinghua brush painter Chen Yuqing learned the “one-stroke dragon” from her grandmother in the old kiln district. Her landscape vases carry the river mist of the Chang into contemporary collections across Europe and North America. She paints every piece freehand; no two are identical.
Learn moreLin Haiming
2 works
Sculptor Lin Haiming fires his celadon forms for seventy-two hours in a wood kiln at the edge of Sanbao valley, letting flame and ash finish each surface. His “River Mist” series treats porcelain as frozen weather — a moment of fog held at 1,300°C.
Learn moreSu Wanqing
2 works
Famille-rose enamel artist Su Wanqing restores imperial porcelain by day and paints her own quiet gardens by night. Her paired cups revive the “chicken cup” palette with a modern restraint that collectors call “a breath held in color.”
Learn moreYu Tiancheng
3 works
Master potter Yu Tiancheng has thrown traditional forms on the wheel for forty-one years — meiping, general’s jars, hatstands. His hands remember proportions no drawing can record. State media call him “the living gauge of Jingdezhen.”
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2 works
A “Jingdrifter” who arrived with one backpack in 2019, Jiang Xue now makes sculptural vessels that quote Song silhouettes and city neon in the same breath. Her studio in Taoxichuan opens to visitors every first weekend of the month.
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