Jun De 君德~"Gentleman's Morality and Integrity", 133.8ml, Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni 小煤窑朱泥, by our Collaborative Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao 翟一耀。

Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao delights us again!
1.  Jun De, just like Jing Le, Li Xing and Si Ting, has its main body comprising of two parts to be worked on.  Starting with the singular rectangular Zi Sha slab, the Craftsman needs to paddle-pat and coax the upper half into a constricted/narrower neck, while working on a separate stage, the lower half into a convexity, the eventual form into a continuous cohesion.  The challenge and difficulty in craft lies in the small confines to work with, two body parts with different girths, AND working with Zhu Ni, which gives the most uncertainty during firing due to its high shrinkage!
2.  Aspiring to craft the beautiful slim and svelte final shape that is this Jun De, Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao garnered years of practice to accomplish this excellent silhouette.
3.  Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao also conscientiously sculpted a 手推内球孔 Hand-Pushed Spherical Filter to increase the number of filter holes for a solid and fast pour of tea out, working with the largish diameter spout; and with better catching of tea leaves at the bottom fast while allowing tea to flow out from the upper holes.

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Skilful Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao 翟一耀 has officially joined up with Craftsman Wang Xing and us.  Both of them specialises and taking care of all the Zhu Ni Works from June 2024 onwards!  He started off with his Xi Shi and Li XIng for us, here he presents to you:

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Jun De 君德。Jun De 君德, Gentleman's Morality and Integrity.

Zhai Yi Yao and Wang Xing are former course mates for three years at the ZiSha school.    He is now with us, working alongside his long time friend Craftsman Wang Xing, they mingle and often exchange their experiences with Chen Fa Chu, Zhang Huan, Gu Xiao Ming, Chen Hua Jun, Chen Gui Zhi.

Zhai Yi Yao's skills are brilliant.
His mastery of the overall shape is here for us to savour.

The Xing Ti 形体 of Zhai Yi Yao's and Wang Xing's works are superb!  From the photographs, we admire and easily appreciate their amazing Craftsmanship.
This is ZiSha Art, working with XiaoMeiYao ZhuNi, one with even higher shrinkage than ZiNi and DuanNi, and thus a lot more deformities that CAN arise easily during firing.  Success rates between 50-70%.  We bear witness to their skills as both of them PAINSTAKINGLY and PROUDLY present their labor of love for all of you friends.
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