Yixing teapot master Hong Meihua 洪美华
Hong Meihua is a Professor-level Senior Arts and Crafts Master and a Professor-level Senior Rural Revitalization Artisan. Born in 1963 in Shushan, Yixing, on the shores of Lake Tai, she grew up in a family with deep roots in Zisha. Her ancestors worked in dragon kilns and in Yixing teapot creation, giving her a close and lasting connection to the craft.
In 1980, she entered the Yixing Zisha Craft Factory to study under Zhang Honghua, a Chinese Ceramic Art Master, and became thoroughly trained in orthodox Zisha teapot-making techniques. In 1993, she furthered her studies at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts. In 2007, she studied under Professor Zhu Yaokui of the Tsinghua University Academy of Arts & Design.
Her work is best represented by guangsu wares, plain, undecorated forms, and she is especially skilled in fully handmade teapots. Rooted in tradition while incorporating her own personal style, her pieces are archaic yet elegant, simple and unadorned, honest and mellow. Full of spirit, her works delight the eye and reward collectors who handle and appreciate them again and again.
Awards and Museum Collections
Works such as Palace Lantern Teapot, Water-Caltrop Flower Overhead-Handle Teapot, Daheng Duozi Teapot, Bamboo Segment Teapot, Tall Palace Lantern, Bamboo Overhead-Handle Teapot, Dinghua Teapot, Birthday Greeting Teapot, and Line Rhythm Overhead-Handle Teapot have successively won gold awards.
Bamboo Overhead-Handle Teapot, Stone Ladle Teapot, Shangxin Bridge Teapot, Three-Legged Peace Teapot, and Bamboo Segment Teapot have been permanently collected by several provincial museums.
da bin ti liang teapot made by Hong Meihua
written by siyutao art team
