East and West 陶瓷雕塑 by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang

East and West 陶瓷雕塑 by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 美術設計 Competition Category.

鐵美術· 2022

East and West 陶瓷雕塑

by Jianfeng Yu and Chao Yang

Client: Jingdezhen Ceramic university

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 美術 Category

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The Design

About East and West 陶瓷雕塑

《東與西》係一系列以螞蟻為造型嘅陶瓷工藝品。每隻螞蟻雕塑長160毫米、闊120毫米、高300毫米，造型以雕塑模具翻製而成，並喺1300度高溫下燒製而成。作品結合咗喺景德鎮工作坊收集返嚟嘅回收青花紙同現代電鍍工藝，將東方裝飾風格同西方風格融為一體。由於每件作品所用嘅回收紙都各有不同，所以每隻螞蟻都係獨一無二嘅。呢個系列表達咗回收再造同環保嘅理念。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

East and West 陶瓷雕塑是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計East and West 陶瓷雕塑將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。East and West 陶瓷雕塑因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

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