Xie Hua
Lineage & School of Heritage
At the age of 12 he began learning the making of hand-thrown red-clay (zhuni) teapots from his grandfather, from whom he received authentic transmission of the craft; he later studied under his father Xie Benji, coming to command every stage of the Fengxi hand-thrown red-clay teapot making technique.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in November 1965, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. National representative bearer of pottery firing craftsmanship (Fengxi hand-thrown red-clay teapot making techniques), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Master of Arts and Crafts of China, and an expert receiving the special government allowance of the State Council. Technician in Fengxi hand-thrown red-clay teapot making. His creative approach favours simplicity and expressive ease, with fluency and naturalness. His subjects are ingeniously conceived and the overall forms are graceful; he excels at combining painting and relief with the body form and practical function of the teapot, fusing the act of drinking with visual and tactile experience and attaining a lofty artistic realm. Works such as Gong Men Ti Liang Hu (Bow-Gate Loop-Handle Teapot) and Cang Hun Hu (Soul-Storing Teapot) have won two national gold awards, and numerous pieces have been collected by the National Museum of China, the China National Arts and Crafts Museum and the Ziguang Pavilion in Zhongnanhai.
Honors & Recognition
He received the Xinchuan Award for bearers of Chinese intangible cultural heritage from the Chinese Academy of Arts (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Centre), and he is actively committed to transmitting the craft, training successors through personal instruction and example.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
- Pottery Firing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-98
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