Tuerxun Rousitamu
Lineage & School of Heritage
He is the seventh-generation transmitter of earthenware firing.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Uygur ethnicity, born in August 1950, a native of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. National representative bearer of Uyghur Moulded Earthenware Firing Craftsmanship, a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He was born into an earthenware-making family. From childhood he learned pottery from his father and uncle; without drawings or moulds, working only with clay and water, he forms the vessels entirely by feel and experience. Building on the traditional craft, he has pioneeringly absorbed fine pottery techniques from various places and continually innovated the earthenware process, making breakthroughs especially in colouring and pattern design. He has brought forth the new in selecting materials, hand forming, pouring colour, carving patterns and firing, and the pottery he makes is fine and exquisite; he enjoys a high reputation in the earthenware industry of Xinjiang. The earthenware bowls, tea bowls, pots and other everyday vessels he makes are varied in kind, finely executed and much in demand.
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