Joyce Condrey is a skilled porcelain doll maker and spent years traveling the country as an instructor, teaching others how ...
Near Jingdezhen's bustling Lianshe Road, Hu Weiping crams into his tiny studio and toils for hours bringing bland china vases to life with delicately painted landscapes. Eight years ago, Hu left a ...
A staff member works at a Ru porcelain workshop in Ruzhou City, central China's Henan Province, March 13, 2019. Ruzhou City is famous for making Ru porcelain. Fired in kilns, Ru porcelain forms glazes ...
Shiny and smooth, soft in color, and perfectly shaped, porcelain has been the ultimate embodiment of Chinese aesthetics for thousands of years. From a vase, to a jar, to an incense burner, they are ...
Number 520 holds sugar; 375 and 2,213 are upturned on the dish-rack, drying; and 2,831 is half-filled with coffee and rimmed in lipstick. Gesturing from the kitchen table with a cherry is Uli Aigner, ...
China has a long history of pottery making. Shouzhou porcelain has been known for its yellow-glazed wares since the fifth century, that's almost 2000 years ago. In Anhui province, there are remains of ...
Clean spills immediately, especially coffee, wine, and tomato sauce, which can stain if left too long. "Basically, avoid leaving anything super acidic in your porcelain sink," advises Knoll. "Use a ...