Xi Shi 西施, 148.2ml, XiaoMeiYao ZhuNi 小煤窑朱泥, by Craftsman Zhao Xiao Wei 赵小卫。
148.2ml.
~ suitable for our tea sessions for one to two persons.
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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Xi Shi is the Austere shape and model which all ZiSha collectors must have.
Xi Shi, is a spherical shape which is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET RIGHT just with the paddle and hand. That is why we cherish Fully-Handmade Xi Shi so much.
IMAGINE yourself, drawing a TWO-dimensional circle of Symmetry and Cohesiveness, on a piece of paper. A two-dimensional circle. Difficult? Yes! Now imagine you paddle-patting a relative UNYIELDING, FRAGILE AND FLAT clay slab that is ZiSha => into a THREE-DIMENSIONAL sphere!
That is how difficult a Fully-Handmade Xi Shi is in its crafting and formation! Devoid of moulds used in Jigger-machining, Slip-casting and Half-handmaking, and avoiding the use of the Che Yi Dao swivelling cutter.
A Fully-Handmade Xi Shi is difficult in its birth from a flat slab to a cohesive sphere, AND in its surviving the kiln (three-times firing) without deformation and cracking.
Please cherish a Fully-Handmade Xi Shi.
Craftsman Zhao Xiao Wei has been VERY KIND to help craft all these Xi Shi for all of you friends, and he thanks you dearest Friends for your kindest support of his Art!
