Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:33 pm
60s Hongni, well used for years, vs spanking clean.
Looking forward to bring the Bianyuan to the same level.
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Re: Yixing
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:30 pm
Re: Yixing
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:55 am
Re: Yixing
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:00 am
Another dragon! Seems to be of better workmanship than the previous one, more detail on the dragon and the fish.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:33 am
New Pot! Sold as Unused green label F1 Xishi pot.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:23 pm
I’d say this is a new pot alright… the clay doesn’t look quite right to me to be Hongni from F1. Suspiciously many iron spots. Looks very red too, but that may be the light?
Sticker also not quite right in my view. I’d say this is not authentic…
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:49 pm
Wait really?… that is actually sad news to hear. I paid quite a bit for it too.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:52 pm
Also, is that a hairline front left side? Opposite the sticker.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:10 pm
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:27 pm
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:03 pm
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:29 pm
That would look more like bright orange in my experience, this one looks too red.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:32 pm
Re: Yixing
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:41 am
Hello people!
I’ve got an idea and can’t let it go for quite a some time, so decided to discuss it here. What if a teapot was used hard and was left neglected, or served as an ink reservoir and looks really messy, totally black and greasy inside and soaked with ink flow traces outside heavily, how to clean it properly? Bleach?
Somehow, it puts me off, knowing that some components can get into pores and stay there as carbonates/calcites.
So I’m thinking (theoretically yet) about “refreshing firing” in electric kiln - from my experience 600C is enough for all organic residues to burn out. And yet it’s far from level of temperature that can affect clay or shape. Of course, it must be processed slowly and in closed clay saggar to prevent any kiln atmosphere interaction with vintage Yixing.
Any thoughts?
Don't want to shock anyone - I'm just thinking from a maker's perspective and an important part of vintage/Yixing teaware works as education for me, in which I see marks of techniques and experience of craftsmen of the past applied. And sometimes I think technically, looking at Yixing pot as a piece of stoneware of a specific kind.
I’ve got an idea and can’t let it go for quite a some time, so decided to discuss it here. What if a teapot was used hard and was left neglected, or served as an ink reservoir and looks really messy, totally black and greasy inside and soaked with ink flow traces outside heavily, how to clean it properly? Bleach?
Somehow, it puts me off, knowing that some components can get into pores and stay there as carbonates/calcites.
So I’m thinking (theoretically yet) about “refreshing firing” in electric kiln - from my experience 600C is enough for all organic residues to burn out. And yet it’s far from level of temperature that can affect clay or shape. Of course, it must be processed slowly and in closed clay saggar to prevent any kiln atmosphere interaction with vintage Yixing.
Any thoughts?
Don't want to shock anyone - I'm just thinking from a maker's perspective and an important part of vintage/Yixing teaware works as education for me, in which I see marks of techniques and experience of craftsmen of the past applied. And sometimes I think technically, looking at Yixing pot as a piece of stoneware of a specific kind.
Re: Yixing
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:26 am
I am not sure that you'd be able to burn off all the dirt, it might depend on what it is. There is also a risk that you'd produce chemicals like dioxin, and you might not be able to remove them from the pot. If a pot was used as ink reservoir, I don't think there's a cost-effective way to fix that...i_viter wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:41 amHello people!
I’ve got an idea and can’t let it go for quite a some time, so decided to discuss it here. What if a teapot was used hard and was left neglected, or served as an ink reservoir and looks really messy, totally black and greasy inside and soaked with ink flow traces outside heavily, how to clean it properly? Bleach?
Somehow, it puts me off, knowing that some components can get into pores and stay there as carbonates/calcites.
So I’m thinking (theoretically yet) about “refreshing firing” in electric kiln - from my experience 600C is enough for all organic residues to burn out. And yet it’s far from level of temperature that can affect clay or shape. Of course, it must be processed slowly and in closed clay saggar to prevent any kiln atmosphere interaction with vintage Yixing.
Any thoughts?
Don't want to shock anyone - I'm just thinking from a maker's perspective and an important part of vintage/Yixing teaware works as education for me, in which I see marks of techniques and experience of craftsmen of the past applied. And sometimes I think technically, looking at Yixing pot as a piece of stoneware of a specific kind.
If the teapot is truly a masterpiece (Gu Jingzhou, Shi Dabin), there might be antique restoration techniques that can be done by trained personnel using specialized equipment. You can find more information here: https://www.icon.org.uk/resources/carin ... vator.html Maybe a surgical drill or laser could work. This will not generally be worth it unless the piece is of high historical/artistic significance.