Silver Vessels

Wine Container
Silversmith: Zhao Wei
Material: Silver; sandalwood; Ore

I like her this work, because she used different material, and particular idea as well. She use the different poly and method to expression normal wine container, made it looks more contemporary and unique style.

Bowl

Silversmith: Tang Xuxiang

Material: Silver

I like his works, because he used Chinese traditional pattern. This bowl's shape is very simple, but the pattern made it looks more elegant.

GongFu Tea Cups

The first impression for Chinese GongFu tea cups is tiny and exquisite. Normally, Chinese people using purple sand(zi sha) or Porcelin to made it. Cause GongFu Tea is a kind of tea ceremony, Chinese people prefer put some beautiful pattern or Chinese calligraphy at Cups outside surface, so the drinking is more like a kind of art.

If you interesting with Chinese tea culture, you can view following website: http://tea.timzhao.com/ctcom/index.html

GongFu Tea Equipment

(Source from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture)

Tea is traditional drink for the Chinese people's daily lives. GongFu Tea is a tea ceremony in China. The GongFu Tea equipment are all tiny and exquisite. A smaller tea pot about 200cc capacity, Tiny tea cups as the size of half walnuts, usually 4 pieces in one set. The tea pot and cups can be made of china, but more usually, it is made of the Chinese special material called "Zi Sha" (purple sand pottery). (Source from:http://tea.timzhao.com/ctcom/METHOD/gongfu.html)

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Lucky cloud etching test piece

pattern from Olympic torch

2008 Olympic torch's pattern --lucky cloud comes from The Zhou dynasty, this dynasty “Lucky Cloud” pattern does not looks like cloud at all. It looks like scrolls of volume. “Lucky Cloud” is the sign of arrival of fortune. This heavenly phenomenon giving signs of fortune is of course very rare to happen.

So I attempt to etch this pattern on the silver plate, as well as try to use these test pieces to make some jewellery or vessel.

Lucky Clouds Bangle 3

This is the final piece of Lucy Cloud Bangle, I try to created a animated feeling through the silver plate that inlayed in left side, it looks just like growth from wooden bangle.
I put sliver plate at inner bangle, that looks match with my whole work, as well as increase my work value.

Featured jewellery

Bangle: Resin
Source from:http://www.nooca.me/search_result.asp?SortID=10&page=3

Jeweller: Hu Jun, is a metalsmith and jewellery designer in China. He perfectly links Chinese culture with contemporary ideas in his products. He prefers to use simple shape linking with Chinese traditional pattern, that integrate forms with ideas.
This bangle used Tang dynasty decoration pattern that widely used in fabric, interior decoration and architecture. He thinks this pattern is beautiful and valuable.
I also attempt to use Chinese traditional patterns into my work -- use contemporary form and technique to expression these traditional Chinese culture.