Ming Lu 明炉, 132.5ml, Xiao Mei Yao Zhu Ni 小煤窑朱泥, by Craftsman Wang Xing 王兴。
Heroes do not wear capes.
We regards Wang Xing as one. Humble, hardworking and single-mindedly continuing his pursuit tto help us all with affordable, high quality true Fully-Handmade ZiSha pots.
Here is Wang Xing!! A great welcome to him!
132.5ml.
Wang Xing's skills are brilliant.
His mastery of the overall shape is here for us to savour.
The Xing Ti 形体, is just superb.
From the photographs, we admire and easily appreciate his amazing Craftsmanship.
This is 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.
We bear witness to dear Wang Xing's skills.
TRULY FULLY-HANDMADE AND DELICATELY MADE.
NOT those thick-/irregular-thickness-walled ones which are actually fake "Fully-handmade ZhuNi pots" utilising the cheating new technology: "车一刀 Che Yi Dao": Such ZhuNi pots utilizing Che Yi Dao process, have been sprouting up in the market since early 2022. Che Yi Dao involves a swivelling-rotational cutter that goes around a roughly-finished ZhuNi pot to cut the outer surface into a perfect shape. This cutter obliviates the need of accomplished skill of a true Fully-Handmaking Craftsman. Obviously, Che Yi Dao also absolves the need of a skilled FHM Craftsman to 1)pound the slab into a careful thin-slab, 2)paddle-pat the slab into a uniform shape purely manually.
In the utilisation of Che Yi Dao cutter, the worker will just need to 1) roughly pound the slab into a slightly thicker slab. After that the worker rounds up this slab as part of the main body, and will just 2)need to ROUGHLY paddle-pat it into shape. After which he sets up the Che Yi Dao cutter to revolve and cut the body into a perfect shape.
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Ming Lu 明炉 is the Austere shape and model which all ZiSha collectors love for its extreme practicality!
Ming Lu 1)exudes the Aura of Chinese Orientalism, 2)has a wide opening for extreme EASE of introducing tea leaves and washing after steeping, 3)has a sharp-ish spout for decisive cutting of flow, and 4)has a slightly raised lid that stores a column of air above the tea water level when the lid is closed, so that during the initial first moment of pour with that few degrees of tilt, tea water flows out decisively and easily right from the start. 5) It also has a raised circular base with the protruding circular foot so that it is easier for you to lower your hand and introduce your index finger into the handle without your middle finger knuckle hitting the tea table. This raised foot also makes the pot seems larger than its volume suggests, giving a bigger presence on your 禅意十足 Zen tea table.
Crafted at ~130ml to cater for our tea friends who want a small 130ml ZhuNi pot for Gung Fu tea steepings. Suitable for one to two persons.
Presented by Craftsman Wang Xing 王兴。
And he thanks you for your kindest support of his Art!
Steep tea with his Craft, Friends!
Steep tea with his Craft, Friends!
Savour his superb skills, dearest Friends!