Traditional Crafts of Porcelain Making in Jingdezhen: (China Culture Perspectives)

The Art and Practice of Chinese Porcelain is the first book to systematically and comprehensively introduce the traditional porcelain-making techniques of Jingdezhen. Richly illustrated, these pages contain essential artworks and selected techniques, as curated by Bai Ming, a Chinese ceramic artist of international renown, whose impressive creations are made with Jingdezhen materials, using the authentic Jingdezhen methods. This illuminating volume provides key insights into Bai Ming's teaching, research and practice, and highlights the fundamentals of the porcelain-making process. With more than 600 images, painstakingly collected and photographed over seven years, this is a beautiful and scholarly showcase for the porcelain style of an ancient town and an invaluable document of representative works. AUTHOR: Bai Ming, a renowned contemporary Chinese artist and writer, he is a tenured professor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, where he serves as the Chair of the Ceramics Art Department and Executive Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Art Museum. He is also the Secretary-General of the Ceramics Art Committee of the China Artists Association, Deputy Director of the Ceramics Art Research Institute at the China National Academy of Painting, a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) under UNESCO, a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the China Oil Painting Society, a distinguished professor at Hubei University of Technology's School of Art and Design, a visiting professor at Guangxi Arts University, Art Director of China Ceramic Art Network. SELLING POINTS: . Detailed introduction from prominent Chinese ceramic artist and scholar . Unveiling China's finest traditional porcelain-making techniques . Over 600 authentic, on-site images, full colour . Showing photos of Jingdezhen in the 1990s 617 colour illustrations

Table of Contents:
Contents Foreword (second edition) A note Jingdezhen, the Porcelain Capital Quarrying and processing porcelain clay Quarrying and initial processing of porcelain clay Making Petuntse The Porcelain Workshop Structure Refining and preparing clay Shaping Throwing a zhatai bowl Impressing, trimming and painting rings on a zhatai bowl Wedging and Throwing Wedging Throwing a straight-edged teacup Throwing a vase Throwing a large bowl with a wide mouth Throwing a one-meter diameter plate Throwing a very large vase Dressing Cutting off Slab-construction Trimming Trimming a small or medium sized vase Trimming a very large vase Trimming a straight edged teacup Glazing the foot Water replenishing Glazing Decorating techniques Blue and white Blue and white hunshui decoration Decorating a lotus plate using the fenshui technique Blue and white folk landscape decoration Straight-edged cup decoration Antique imitation blue and white decoration Underglaze red decoration Applying underglaze blue and red to a large vase decorated with a reef motif Engraved decoration Engraving a lotus motif Overglaze decoration Tools Pine and crane fencai decoration Antique imitation fencai Xincai overglaze decoration with Yuewei Cottage motif Jingdezhen Kilns and Firing Jingdezhen kilns Firing overglaze decoration Transporting wares Loading and firing the kiln Tools for loading, firing and unloading Appendix Rice straw packing Select Bibliography

About the Author :
Bai Ming, a renowned contemporary Chinese artist and writer, he is a tenured professor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, where he serves as the Chair of the Ceramics Art Department and Executive Deputy Director of the Tsinghua University Art Museum. He is also the Secretary-General of the Ceramics Art Committee of the China Artists Association, Deputy Director of the Ceramics Art Research Institute at the China National Academy of Painting, a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) under UNESCO, a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the China Oil Painting Society, a distinguished professor at Hubei University of Technology’s School of Art and Design, a visiting professor at Guangxi Arts University, Art Director of China Ceramic Art Network.