I am from Chaozhou, Guangdong province
I’ve been doing ceramic painting since 2014
Trying to reproduce Chinese landscape painting
Of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty on porcelain
Copying the masterpieces
Including the Four Masters of the Yuan dynasty, Ni Zan, Wang Meng, Huang Gongwang and etc.
I spent 10 years on the researching
For a few years in a row
I was pressed by customers and collectors to launch new works every day
In 2012, I stopped my own business
For 6 years
In 2012, I took part in the selection of Guangdong masters of arts and crafts
A lot of people asked me when they saw (my work) book
"Is this painted on paper or porcelain?"
Such a question actually woke me up
I realized that I was going in the wrong direction
So I stopped
(I realized that) the art of ceramics is actually the art of material
So I devoted myself to the study of ceramic materials
I didn’t know that I would stop for 6 years
As soon as I switched off my phone, it’s my own world
I totally fell into it
The study of ceramic materials (in ancient times) is not popular
I like Kangxi Wucai and Ming Wucai (porcelain) particularly
I found that in comparison to that of ancient peak times
The texture and color of bought materials were shallow and not good enough
So I started with quartz, the oxides of lead and various metals
Did some basic matching
Used chemically analyzed alcohols to trace an ancient formula
Every test piece was a day's work
Or an experiment
My first thing to do in the morning was to go to the lab first
Put the test piece in the kiln before noon to burn it
You can see the results in the evening
During the five, six years
I basically went through the overglaze color system of Jingdezhen
By 2018 I got these experimental works
Among them were Wucai
Honglucai
Falangcai
Qinghua
Youlihong
Susancai and etc.
I established the entire material system
I started experimenting with Tang Sancai in 2019
Now I’ve expanded my bank to 48 kinds of color
Each color (formula) corresponds to a standard string of data
They are two entirely different colors before and after firing
All you can rely on is your imagination and memory
The moment the kiln opened
More than once I was deeply moved
I grew up in a family making porcelain
I spent my childhood in the studio, playing next to a pile of porcelain pieces
My father came to Jingdezhen three years before my college entrance exam
I applied to only one school in 2003
Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute
My professional score was top in Guangdong province
When I was at school, my father gave me a small studio
Which was originally a garage
And he bought me a pottery wheel
In a short period of time I got familiar with the basics of ceramic
By the time of the second semester
I never went back to the institute again
I’m kind of a workaholic
I have a really tight schedule
This is an independent place, house built in 1990s
Bedroom, lab, tea room
All functions I need
Are collected in the small house
It’s been 18 years without changing anything
In Tao xichuan Ceramic Art Avenue, I found a (Yan Shan) art gallery
In front of the curtain wall is a mountain of color installation
11 meters in length
For nearly two years
I glazed the ceramic stones with my more than sixty colors
And fired the 7 ton of ceramic stones
The ceramic industry actually covers too many categories
Generations of ceramic practitioners, ceramic artists
They have different pursuit of different time
Exhibitions in (Yan Shan) Art Gallery
Cover both the ancient and contemporary parts
We hope to build a bridge between ancient and modern ceramic art
Ancient and modern Chinese ceramic art is inseparable
If you plan to go further
You must pay more attention to the past