The place of Tenmoku Tea bowls in the White Phoenix Tea Ceremony in the Song Dynasty
The history of Jian ware, Oil Spot and Hares Fur Tenmoku, is closely bound to the rise of Tea as a beverage in China in the Song Dynasty and the rising...
Taming the Dragon
After my last trip to Shuiji and the source of Jian Ware, or as it is known locally Jianshan. The primary focus of this trip was to attend one of the...
A Jian Ware Teabowl
On my first rip to China in 2014 I made a trip down to the source of Tenmoku in a small valley outside of Shuiji in Fujain Province. In a future blog...
Why Tenmoku?
I came to clay later than most. I was a shift supervisor in a large flour mill and, along with my wife, I went to a local evening college to play with...
Jian Ware - A short video.
To start the personal record of my journeys over the last 12 months I have put together some of the footage I have of the Kiln sites and Shard heaps...
Rust never sleeps!
Rust Never Sleeps by Leonard Smith
In the early 80’s I was in Manila, the Philippines, accompanying an exhibition of Australian Ceramics that was...
The 80th Anniversary of J M Plumer's Journey to Shuiji Zhen
This Blog was first published on the 27th June 2015 on the 30th Anniversary of Plumer's Journey to Shuiji. After my initial literature search for information...