How the Masters Make A Classic Yixing Teapot
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- These clay teapots are ubiquitous, found in Chinatowns all over the world and of course, in China. They originate from Yixing, a city just west of Shanghai. A quality teapot starts at around $60 and the price can balloon to up to thousands of dollars. We went there, talked to artisans, and found out what makes a quality teapot.
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Producer and Narrator: Clarissa Wei
Videographer: Nathaniel Brown
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Mastering: Victor Peña
Music: Audio Network
I love the second guy's view on tradition! Adding new variations on the product while still honoring its roots. Reminds me of the video you guys made about Panda Express and Chinese American food. New traditions and cultural products are being created every day and it's so cool that we get to see it happening. While I can still be a bit of a snobby traditionalist when it comes to Chinese stuff, you guys have def helped me to become more open-minded :)
Hi friend, Yixing is an amazing small town. I make travel vlogs in China, if u are interested, plz watch and s.u.b! Thank you and have a nice day.
When you consider all the work and expertise that goes into these lovely pots, the price is actually very fair
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These are beautiful. Should have kept making ceramics when I started making really weird cups in college.
Weird to you, prob beautiful to everyone else.
Never too late to start again
These are favorite brewing vessels for tea enthousiasts. I'm 'raising' a few myself as the clay is porous and tend to absorb tea aroma.
I love the way how there are traditional craftsmen and those who try new designs. Most new age or current artists reinterpret the artform/medium so even if they dont have the same exact technique/look, the spirit strongly maintains. I've seen graffiti artist who make abstract painting of chinese cultural icons, modern movie poster makers, filmmakers. Its absolutely beautiful to see
Amazing content as always, please keep it coming! I'm learning so much about my ancestor's culture and art, it really makes me feel proud to be Chinese!
Watching these artisans make me realize I need to update my tea game. While I'm primarily a loose leaf tea drinker, I don't know if I could ever honor these craftspeople as I may be too lazy to drink "Kung Fu Tea" style regularly.
You've won! (Again!) We have your deets, so we'll be sending you the tea set soon. :) Thank you for watching as always!
Thank you for sharing such an interesting and unique story! I especially appreciated the different perspectives of each artist. As an American trying to learn Mandarin in college, I sometimes find it a little challenging to maintain my motivation- there aren't many places on the English web to find authentic, up-to-date content about everyday life in China. Channels like yours really spark my interest and inspire me to keep learning! Keep it up.
I have been fascinated for many years with this style of teapot and how it is hand made. As a potter I enjoy Making tea pots and containers in this way although I will probably never be able to obtain zisha clay, using my own imagination and the techniques I have observed over time I have made some really nice tea pots and containers. ~Big G Pottery
I'm learning so much about my cultural heritage. thanks.
Loved this video. Lots of great information, and the pear tea pot is the cutest!!! $250?! I'm surprised a more modern with yellow clay teapot would cost more than the traditional ones. However, the uniqueness and beautiful design is understandable.
Am i the only one who didnt read the caption and thought it was chocalate? Lol
Great, can't unsee lol
No tea no shade ☕️
I’m a Yixing teapot, Short and stout.
Here is my handle, Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up, Hear me shout:
Click on thumbs up, And help me out!
Neat craft, it's really amazing how everyone has their signature style to ceramics, I process my own clay and make mugs, bowls, and shot glasses, they have their unique style and shape since I am self taught and did not learn anyones style of hand making...I do not use a potters wheel..all pinch, coil and paddle, then fired in a pit or hand made wood kiln....love it too!!
Another important part is that in general you should only use the pot for 1 type of tea, and not deviate, so my most expensive pot for example I only use for raw(sheng) puer, therefor I will not use it to brew, shu puer, wulong, hei cha, green tea, etc. and the same goes for my other pots for diffrent type then sheng off course. If one wants to just have general use teware get a nice porcelain gaiwan instead as it doesnt absorb the tea's aroma, or atleast to a very small extent.
a fully hand made yixing pot will definitely not go for 60$...minimum 250.
I’ve seen many good ones for about $170 or so
@@EBLOCK1995Yeah, usually zini (it’s the cheapest)
"到底什麼是傳統" with a super long cultural history, this is a good question for 華人 😁
I wanna visit Yixing to experience tea ceremony using those beautiful tea sets!! Wish it referenced their website for information.
Have you perhaps found a source for these amazing teapots?
@@christianslater191I’ve been collecting pots for some years, and I prefer essence of tea for starter half-handmade pots (it’s the cheapest legit pots out there), realzisha for the fully handmade, and moodyguy for old factory pots. They do have an effect, but it can good or bad (quite noticeable) depending on clay types, but it’s mostly for the look and art behind it
Imagine dropping one to the floor 😳 💀
Love what the female pot maker said. A teapot's ultimate purpouse is to serve tea therefore if its never used, it has basically no value
Even if you have it as a form of art piece it’s still good to use it every once in a while so the clay doesn’t weaken and crack when you do try to use it.
I like that city tea is amazing
Beautiful.
I need more Zisha teapots
Amazing
Where can you find the tools for these? Is that a banding wheel?
Hey!! That looks like chocolate 🍫
We call this hot chocolate.
Where can you buy these?
Where can I find one in the US ?
Marah A. Chinatown. They are expensive too, I’m just looking for it today and they cost from $40 up to $750. I’m surprised but I chose a $5 normal teapot.☺️😂
phuong nguyen it’s probably worth the money tho. But I would have paid for the $5 one to
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Where can I find one in canada
let the burial begins
I thought It was chocolate and i wanted to eat it lol
i have some quation what is it mud name
is it different of any mud others
And how the color of it mud is little brown dark
The mud is a clay called Yixing clay. It is different from other clay because of its minerals and texture. The color is because of the minerals.
The name of the different main types are “lüni”, “duanni”, “hongni”, and “zini”. They have subtypes, for example: the subtype of hongni is zhuni, and a subtype of zini is dicaoqing
1st view here at 19 second pluse i love your videos
Umm... perhaps a tad bit more research before uploading this video?? 🤷🏻♀️
The prices said on here are not accurate. 🤦🏻♀️
The real prices of Purple Clay Tea Pots, as of 2021 December, are anywhere from $150. for inferior ones or copied ones, and all the way to $90,000! The very average are $3000, $4000.
It all depends on color , quality, design/craftsmanship, and who crafted it.
Not really, those ones of 3k-4k, are for ranked artists from l3-1. Obviously there’s less of them. The astronomical prices of the masterworks are screwing the averages.
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