Shi Piao 石瓢, 154.3ml, Ping Gai Shi Piao 平盖石瓢 Huang Jiang Po Ni 黄降坡泥, by our Collaborative Craftsman Chen Hua Jun 陈华军。
Dearest Friends in our Tea Journey, we have successfully invited Craftsman Chen Hua Jun 陈华军 to be officially with us. One great Craftsman of Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art, we have been wooing him for the preceding months, and after seeing our vision of saving Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art, and being the only totally authentic Fully-Handmade ZiSha platform that can realise his identical hope for Fully-HandmadeZiSha Art, he joined us in early June 2024! He is now working with Craftsman Chen Fa Chu, Craftsman Chen Gui Zhi, Craftsman Zhang Huan, Craftsman Gu Xiao Ming, Craftsman Wang Xing, Craftsman Zhai Yi Yao, et al. They are regarded as giants in our minds, working away nights on end, each with a studio to concentrate on their Art and Craft. All totally committed to the cause, and unfazed and unaffected by the luring calls of higher pay and stable pay from the jigger-machining industry bosses.
This is who we are, and we are here for you.
Chen Hua Jun presents this 平盖石瓢 Ping Gai Shi Piao to all of you. An all-time, must-have ZiSha Classic, Shi Piao has various forms. Ping Gai is one of the most standard and cohesive, lasting to the eyes. This Ping Gai Shi Piao, as we can see in the 80-100photos, is extremely handsome! You will find it an extreme delight to use, ergonomic, clean, understated and Austere. Extremely handsome and comfortable to the eyes.
Chen Hua Jun is very familiar with Jiang Po Ni, both Red and Yellow, and here, he brings forth this Long Dan 龙蛋。 Jiang Po Ni is a combination of Hong Ni, Zi Ni and Lü Ni. Both Hong (Red) Jiang Po Ni and Huang (Yellow) Jiang Po Ni are both relatively sandy/grainy, with the characteristic ORANGEY-RED HUE. Both Hong Jiang Po Ni and Huang Jiang Po Ni contain the combination of HongNi, LüNi and ZiNi. Hong Jiang Po Ni has comparatively more HongNi within, while Huang Jiang Po Ni has a higher percentage of ZiNi and LüNi within. JiangPoNi is amazingly porous. Huang Jiang Po Ni is one of the most amazing unadulterated ZiSha clay with amazing Patina formation through use. It is very rewarding to use Huang Jiang Po Ni, both for its amazing Patina formation and its excellent pairings with both Sheng and Shu Pu Er.
Craftsman Chen 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.
Skillful Craftsman Chen Hua Jun, now working hard alongside our stalwarts Craftsmen Zhang Huan and Chen Fa Chu! He officially joins us all at RealZiSha from June 2024 onwards. Our happy and hardworking family is united for you friends. Thank you dearest Friends in Tea, for your grandest support to these honest and dedicated Craftsmen left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art and Craft.
BRING ONE HOME, USE IT and you will know all about Fully-Handmade ZiSha, the feel of real and quality YiXing ZiSha, the nurturing of Patina, how true ZiSha Patina feels and looks like, the Zenith Tea Taste that only Pure and Good Quality ZiSha can give you, and equally important: the Aura exuding from a Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work which others simply can't bring forth, all from the hands of Craftsman Chen Hua Jun's skills. You will know everything then.
Chen Hua Jun is grateful to you for your loving support of his work.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Again, another tremendous labor of love by our trusted and committed collaborative Craftsman Chen Hua Jun. It is a team effort and we thank you dearest Friends for your grandest support to the honest and the dedicated Craftsladies and Craftsmen here left to fend the Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art.
The lines and detailing speak of Craftsman Chen Hua Jun's EXTREME CARE AND TIME taken to craft each part, each pot. Hold one, hold up one, swing the work around. Carefully examine his Fully-Handmade work. Look at it from afar, from near, and it will grow on you, with fine detailing with MUCH THOUGHT on each part, with MUCH TIME spent on every part, section. Because this is what Fully-Handmade ZiSha Art should be, and HOW FULLY-HANDMADE ZISHA ART is so different from and light years ahead of the ubiquitous jigger-machined pots and half-handmade pots masquerading under the sales tagline of "fully-handmade zisha" pots. These latter JM/HHM pots are made in what we call 流水线 a.k.a. 'Factory-Line operation' whereby the main pot body after being jigger-machined or coming off from the mould, is passed to the next worker who fits on the spout, and subsequently this second worker will pass the pot on to another worker who will in turn fit on the handle. Continuing so, the pressed lid is likewise passed to another worker who fit on the lid knob. EACH WORKER has NO IDEA what the other one is doing, and they are always working on fixed time lines stated by the boss. For example, the worker being "passed the baton" a pot with the spout just fixed onto the body by his colleague, will only focus on fixing on the handle, with nil to little regard to WHETHER THE HANDLE fixed on will be cohesive with the spout. Each worker has NO idea of HOW THE FINAL POT WILL LOOK LIKE. Beyond poor craftsmanship and clay, the result of such processes are ugly pots with poor cohesiveness which experienced Artists, Craftsmen and collectors will tell from a metre away. Experienced people in us, do not need to pick up a pot to check whether it is fully-handmade or made of zisha, we can tell from a metre away just by looking at the pot.
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The keywords are: Detailing and Cohesiveness.
A GOOD Fully-Handmade ZiSha Work combines great detailing and cohesiveness.
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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. Some friends had asked before, "is the rim-collar having any irregularity in circularity?". Thus, rest assured. Do not misconstrue the two to three brighter spots around the lid-body rim collar to mean any irregularity in circularity of the rim-collar.
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.)
