與茶壺的心靈對話

藍色流星雨

在芳茗軒第三屆茶藝茶器文化展覽中，有個很吸睛的區域，就是有「與茶壺心靈對話的陶藝工作者」之稱的劉大化老師的能量岩礦茶具展示區。

劉大化的作品兼具實用、欣賞和收藏價值。此次所展出的「藍色流星雨系列」創作出看似璀燦又神秘、屬於收藏級的釉色，是難得一見的能量岩礦茶具。能量岩礦含有遠紅外線和礦物中的微量元素，能使大分子水變成小分子水，可改變茶湯和濾水功能、改善水質，使茶、咖啡、酒等飲品更加香醇甘甜。

劉大化從事設計工作十幾年，對陶藝創作情有獨鐘，作者憑著敏銳的觀察力以及與生俱來的藝術天賦，在其陶藝茶器作品的創造上表現出獨特的藝術風格，清新典雅、手拉坯技巧純熟、色彩搭配鮮明、線條極具美感、似油畫又似山水，似古典又似現代,並兼具了傳統東方藝術特色及時代感。

我個人非常喜愛大化的創作，也收藏了好幾款，有蓋杯、茶壺與飲杯。手執大化老師親手製的能量岩礦蓋杯，在幽幽樂聲中享受著老茶的真滋味。

A Spiritual Conversation with Teapot

  In the third annual Art and Culture of Tea and Tea Ware Expo sponsored by Fang Gourmet Tea, there is a popular area exhibiting the energy rock mineral tea ware created by master Da Hua Liu.
  Her works are both practical and have great collectible value. The enchanting and mysterious Sapphire Shooting Star collection is a highlight of the exhibition. Combining artistic elegance, scientific composition, and creative skills, the special formula and material of this series of tea ware can activate water molecules and improve the quality of the water, bringing out the mellowness and richness in tea, coffee, and wine. 
  Master Da Hua Liu has over ten years of experience in art design and has special love and devotion for ceramic art creations. With a keen observation and inherent artistic talent, Ms. Liu’s creations demonstrate a unique style showing elegance, purity, and simplicity.  Her wheel throwing technique is skillful and refined, the color combination is lively, and the lines and shapes are full of aesthetic beauty.  Her works are like western oil painting and eastern landscape painting; elegant and modern at the same time, combining the characteristic of traditional eastern art and modernity.                                         
  I personally like master Liu’s creations and have a growing collection which includes gaiwan, teapots and teacups.  Holding the energy rock mineral gaiwan and listening to the distant music, I truly enjoyed the real taste of aged tea.

Jun Ware Porcelain Red Copper Glaze Tea Canister

Jun Ware Porcelain originated from celadon porcelain.  The Chinese have known how to produce crude celadon porcelain since as early as Shang (1600-1046 B.C.) and Chou (1045-256 B.C.) Dynasties, when slavery still existed.  Advancing into the Tang dynasty (618-907 A.D.), potters applied chemical compositions including manganese and titanium to restore the blue coloring in the background of white, which is known as “Tang Jun.”  Although not abundant in quantities, this period can be marked as the sprouting time for Chinese multi-color glazed porcelain.  

Knowledgeable of this type of technique, potters in Sung Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.) added the element of red copper and utilized the atmosphere in kilns to restore copper oxide.  As a result of combining colloid copper scattered in celadon glaze, iron oxides and compounds of phosphoric and silicic acids, a milky and more fluid blend was formed.  Along with reasons such as uneven temperature in the ceiling, floor, front, and back of ancient half-way slanted kilns, the blend couldn’t burn completely to become pure, restored copper.  

Therefore, different color variations in red, yellow, green, purple, greenish blue, navy blue and even moonlight white appeared in different directions and unpredictable patterns.  This was the copper red and kiln related change of glazing.  Depending on the unique percentage of each above-mentioned color, the mixture effects came to shades like rosy red, flowering-quince red, oxblood red, eel red, moonlight white, sky blue and other unexpected color tones.  This is the intrinsic distinctiveness of Jun Ware Porcelain.

鈞釉茶罐

入窯一色，出窯萬彩
為中國宋代五大名窯（鈞、汝、官、哥、定）之一，屬於北方青瓷系統，其窯變釉色五彩變化，光彩奪目，獨樹一幟。
鈞釉在乳濁釉中引入銅氧化物，不僅突破中國傳統以鐵氧化物著色為主的青瓷工藝發展，對後代銅紅釉的研發，也有絕對性的影響。


鈞窯釉，一般來說始於宋初，北宋後期的官鈞，是鈞窯的發展的鼎盛時期和典型代表，尤其五河南鈞台窯最釉著名。
陶瓷史學家習慣把鈞窯釉的前身稱為「唐鈞」。

鈞釉從唐鈞的花釉瓷器，接著北宋初年的月白釉、天青釉，發展到北宋後期的紅、紫、青，色彩變化莫測、渾然天成的釉彩，及元代的天藍紫斑釉等，都充分表現鈞釉在陶瓷發展的重要。

陶藝教室

Ceramics
參觀芳茗軒茶展時，看見好幾個很可愛的作品。
由劉老師口中得知，這些是出自於陶藝班學生梁霄月小姐之手。

霄月一定有雙靈巧的雙手，才能做出如此精緻的作品。
仔細看看，仕女身上的配件、手鐲，手勢、眼神以及衣服的擺動等等是如此的細緻。

真的是太可愛了！