This is the Wide De Zhong, sculpturally carefully beautified by our amazing Craftsman Gu Xiao Ming again! Working from the Standard Classic De Zhong, Craftsman Gu WISELY created this Wide-Girthed De Zhong, and with all parts, every part, crafted and sculpted! As the silhouette becomes wider and slimmer horizontally, the lid knob gets a slim-crafted, wide stance. Notice also, to allow for a good grip, Craftsman Gu crafted it such that it is angled. Craftsman Gu makes sure that everything is cohesive: he wisely sculpted the back handle with a flared-upwards stance, and the front spout also curved slightly to complete the whole cohesive and outstandingly handsome De Zhong while remaining understated. He spent a lot of time with the back handle especially, he wishes to have his carefully worked handle be appreciated by all of us. And we can all attest to that in the photos. Handsome, classy and understated. Craftsman Gu Xiao Ming 顾小明 thanks you dearest friends for your grandest support to the honest and dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.
Enjoy his diligence, superb, classic handwork with this Kuan De Zhong, and let his work accompany you on your tea journey!
Explained, https://www.realzisha.com/blogs/news/actual-zisha-landscape-at-yixing , the Craftsman by selling his hard-worked ZiSha craft at $190-$240, $45-$65 goes to the cost of the craft, inclusive of the fees for the firing for the kiln operator (three times per pot), the packaging boxes, and between $32 to $52 for the clay (Zi Ni Di Cao Qing, Duan Ni and upwards) used per pot. Craftsman takes 3 days (fastest 2.5days) to craft a pot. Out of 12 pots he makes a month of 30days, 9 pots will survive the kiln firing successfully. Out of 9 pots, a Craftsman on average sells 7 pots per month. For ZiSha models/designs that are very challenging and more complicated to craft, time taken will be longer, and the failure rate will be higher as well. Zhu Ni pots have higher failure rates than Zi Ni and Duan Ni pots too. Our Craftsmen are crazily committed to the cause of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and their strictness with their craft and dedication earn our respect. We give a big Thank You all of these Craftsmen, for they are saving what is our common precious tea culture: Tea + Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.
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(Dear Friends, during the photo-taking process, five to six separate spotlights above and around, are used. Looking at the photos, the collar-rim of the lid-body interface thus shows the various spotlights' reflection. You will therefore see 2 to 3 scattered brighter spots around the collar-rim. This will allay concerns from some friends, "is the rim-collar having any irregularity in circularity?". This explanation of the usage of five to six overhead spotlights around, will allay this concern. Yes, the rim-collars of all these ZiSha works crafted by our Craftsmen ARE REGULAR in CIRCULARITY :-D, and you can rest assured. Thank you Friends.)
