Li Ziwei, male, Han ethnicity, born in February 1973, Yuzhou City, Shenyuan Town, Hongshiqiao community, high school education, arts and crafts artist, national second-level arts and crafts technicians; visiting researcher of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Ceramic Industry Association Ceramic Art Committee member, Henan Provincial Arts and Crafts Society member, Henan Provincial Culture and History Society Ceramic Work Committee director; Yuzhou City Shenyuan Town Jinbo Jun kiln manager, the main creative designer.
Li Ziwei's parents are old artists in The Porcelain District of Yuzhou, and they have been influenced by the family ceramic culture since childhood. In 1993, after graduating from high school, he entered the Jun porcelain enterprise, and successively engaged in modeling design, molding and grouting in Kongjia Jun Kiln, Great Song Guan Kiln, Jintang Jun Kiln, Zheng Jia Jun Kiln, Xingshen Jun Kiln, Zhonghua Jun Kiln and other kilns, and studied under Zhang Xiantao, Wen Shaoqing, Liu Zhijun and other masters of arts and crafts and ceramic art in the Jun porcelain industry, accumulated certain professional knowledge and practical experience, and gradually mastered the selection, molding, sculpture, glazing and firing of Jun porcelain, and completed the "Lotus Furnace", "Sunflower Furnace", "Yongtaiding", "Chrysanthemum Hanging Plate", "Lotus Zun" Equal instrument type modeling work. In June 2012, Jinbo Jun Kiln was established, focusing on modeling design and glaze firing in the direction of health tea utensils. On the basis of inheriting the traditional tea ware modeling, drawing on the advanced technology of other porcelain pot making, immersed in the study of jun porcelain tea sets, and designed innovative instrument types such as "Zerun Sifang", "Fu Man Jug", "Xinyi Qianqiu", "Xianghe Kettle", "Rib Pattern Fu Rong Jug", "Fu Bag Jug", "Fu Yun Ju", "Tai Chi Ju" and so on.
He strives for excellence in the process, from the mouth lid, sub-teeth, spout, pot button, handle and other links meticulously, especially in the hemispherical filter cage, he and his wife Zhang Hongduan together ingenuity to explore the sleeve needle hole piercing technique, improve the perforation tool, from the needle tube to the sleeve syringe, according to the shape, characteristics, curvature of each pot design filter ball, so that the filter and the pot type with the appropriate proportion, natural harmony, to achieve the best filter out effect; each arc arrangement from vertical row to horizontal row, depending on the size of the pot filter, to achieve uniformity, Each row has 16-20 holes, and each ball filter has 120-168 holes. Such as moisturizing the square pot, the filter hole reached 168 holes, which is at the leading level in the field of jun porcelain tea set, which effectively improves the filter residue effect and work grade of the jun porcelain pot.
Ziwei constantly groped for practice, and strive to work fine and perfect, he summed up the long-term experience of pot making, ingenious exploration of the whole vessel pattern technique, especially in the Fu Rong pot shape design to inspire inspiration, from the original straight mouth appear dripping water phenomenon, improve the bending curve of the spout, designed in the handle, lid, button to pick the tendons, increase the line beauty of the jun porcelain pot, and add a rib pattern in the spout, which not only highlights the beauty of the appearance of the craft, but also prevents the phenomenon of dripping water out of the water, and receives the effect of fast water discharge and good water collection. He said: "Human body function is the main indicator to measure the merits of jun porcelain pots, and each jun porcelain pot must be designed and made from the dimension of the tea drinker." We must pay attention to every detail and do the details to the extreme, in order to highlight the craftsman spirit of jun porcelain people. "Unlike purple sand pottery, jun porcelain tea sets mainly express artistic beauty with glaze color. After glazing, the jun porcelain pot feels slightly heavier, and the spout part is easy to sag after water injection. He took the initiative to increase the difficulty of the process, changed the double template to four templates, changed the round handle to a flat handle, placed a focus point in the lower part of the handle, bent or bent, and effectively solved the problem that the pot handle after glazing was not easy to grasp.
In terms of glaze color ratio, he studied hard, from the origin of raw materials to the dosage of iron and copper ore of the main color elements, and repeatedly compared to find the best value. Only one kind of glass powder raw material has experimented with different types of green glass, white glass, medical glass, etc., firing into new glazes such as furnace jun colorful glaze, furnace jun sorghum red glaze, night sky and other new glaze species, and experimental firing of royal blue venus glaze, ancient green glaze, copper glaze color, and gradually formed its own artistic style, the beauty of jun porcelain glaze and the practicality of the pot are integrated together, fully expressing the beauty of the jun porcelain pot. He is also good at the production of charcoal-fired handmade stove pots, forming his own personality characteristics and enjoying a high reputation in the industry.
Self-esteem is loyal and honest, and treats others with sincerity. When it comes to jun porcelain, when it comes to jun porcelain pots, you can talk for hours without tiredness. He has a certain mind, just focus on doing things, and spend his life only for tea jun. A pot in his hand often pondered for an hour or two, until every detail could not be faulted, and then he could move on to the next process. "Ingenuity in craftsmanship, the work of the world", in Ziwei's body and his works, perfectly embodies the craftsman spirit of Jun porcelain people.
In September 2017, at the 9th Yuzhou China Jun Porcelain Tourism and Culture Festival, the work "Rong Tian Jug" was awarded the gold medal by the 4th Henan Jun Porcelain Pot Design Competition, and the "Han Tile Kettle" was awarded the silver award. In April 2018, "Zerun Sifang Jug" was collected by the Elephant Ceramics Museum; in December of the same year, "RongTian Jug" was collected by the Henan Provincial Art Industry Association. In September 2019, "Fu Bao Jug" won the silver medal of the 5th Henan Jun Porcelain Pot Design Competition; "Xi Shi Jug" and "Runze Sifang Jug" won the bronze award; in October of the same year, the paper "The Modeling Design and Era Characteristics of Jun Porcelain" was published in the 29th issue of Global Market, Issue No.: CN46-1042/F. In November, the paper "Analysis of the Characteristics of Jun Porcelain Art Modeling Design" was published in the 11th issue of "Art Book", issue number: CN61-1485/J. In August 2020, "Zi Zun Jug", "Rong Zun" and "Runze Sifang Jug" were collected by the Xinxiang Museum. In March 2021, the paper "Analysis of Jun porcelain glaze and milk kiln variation and structural color" was published in Hebei Pictorial, Issue No.: CN13-1006/Z. In September of the same year, the work "Endeavor" won the "Second Zhengzhou Art Newcomer Exhibition" Excellence Award; in October of the same year, the works "Zen Lotus Heart Kettle" and "Fu Rong Kettle" were collected by the Puyang Municipal Museum.
Works: Li Ziwei system
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