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Lei Xue: 'Drinking Tea' (2009)

Chinese Ru kiln(Ruyao汝窑): When the Ru kiln porcelain cools down naturally after high-temperature firing, cracks will form on the surface, and you’ll hear a beautiful sound like wind chimes. That’s the cracking process called kaipian开片. Every piece has a different crackle pattern — each one is unique. The most common one is the ice crackle. There are also fish-scale crackles and cicada-wing crackles. These cracks form completely naturally, and artisans never interfere with them. The tapping you see in the video is just to let people watch the cracking happen right away. The green porcelain in the first clip is a lower-cost imitation Ru kiln porcelain. The last part is the sound of fresh Ru kiln porcelain cracking just after it comes out of the kiln. The one closer to sky-blue is the Chinese porcelain artisans’ attempt to recreate the Song Dynasty Ru kiln. The color restoration is already very close, but the ancient firing technique has not been fully replicated. Ruyao is very popular nowadays. Clients even order custom Ruyao thermos mugs to show off their refined taste. (cr 1, 2.)

Chinese netizens' reactions to the first ceramic artist testing the porcelain:

Crawler pots

Porcelain

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