East and West Ceramic Crafts by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang

East and West Ceramic Crafts by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Competition Category.

IronFine Art· 2022

East and West Ceramic Crafts

by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang

Client: Jingdezhen Ceramic university

A' Design Award Winner in Fine Art Category

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The Design

About East and West Ceramic Crafts

East and West is a series of ceramic handicrafts shaped like ants. Each ant sculpture measures 160 millimeters in length, 120 millimeters in depth and 300 millimeters in height. The form is made by sculpture mold turning and fired at a high temperature of 1300 degrees. Recycled blue and white paper collected from workshops in Jingdezhen is combined with modern electroplating, joining Eastern decoration with Western style. Because the recycled paper differs in each piece, every ant is unique. The series expresses the idea of recycling and environmental protection.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

East and West Ceramic Crafts is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. East and West Ceramic Crafts is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. East and West Ceramic Crafts is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: NeutralSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Top and Bottom

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This is a ceramic handicraft with ant shape. The image of ant is designed by using Chinese traditional blue and white paper and electroplating technology. Combined with eastern and Western culture, the waste blue and white paper is redesigned and applied to ant ceramics. A series of unique and exquisite works are displayed.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ant sculpture length 160mm, depth 120mm, height 300mm;
Tags: Ceramic sculpture, handicraft, Jingdezhen, ant, handmade
Production Technology: The main image of ants is determined through sculpture mold turning, and a large amount of wasted blue and white paper is recycled for design, which is made in combination with modern electroplating technology.
Design Challenge: The challenge lies in the production of ant sculpture, followed by the design of recycled blue and white paper on ants and the grasp of ceramic technology
Research: Through the concept of recycling, an ant handicraft is designed around ant financial services group. Through the process design of recycling blue and white paper, it expresses the concept of environmental protection, combines oriental culture with western culture for visual design, and realizes a series of charming ant crafts. Every ant is unique.
Inspiration: It integrates the oriental culture with the western style, decomposes and reconstructs the local cultural elements of Jingdezhen by using the post-modern art concept, and recycles the traditional blue and white paper in Jingdezhen.
Project Duration: The project was launched in Jingdezhen in July 2020 and completed in Jingdezhen in July 2021.
Operation Flow: Hand made ant ceramics, ceramics fired at high temperature in 1300. In this process, various factories in Jingdezhen recycled different blue and white paper for design to ensure that each ant is unique.
Team Members: designer：Jianfeng Yu
designer：Chao Yang