TAIWU GALLERY / JOURNAL
Stories in material.
Artists, living craft and the quiet life of objects. Original notes and clearly dated archives from Taiwu Gallery.
Studio Notes
From a Paper Boat to Lacquer Art
A folded sheet of paper becomes the starting point for Kevin Yuan’s lacquer tray, preserving its creases through layers of lacquer, fabric and patient work.
A ceramic vessel on the folded lacquer tray, from Kevin Yuan’s 2024 project archive. Image: Best Ceramics archive.
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Artist Focus
A Xiao: Looking Closely at Dehua Porcelain
A closer look at A Xiao’s porcelain through proportion, thin walls and surface detail, drawing on the Best Ceramics artist archive.
A Xiao at work, photographed for the Best Ceramics artist archive. Image: Best Ceramics archive.
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Materials & Making
The Quiet Surface of Hand-Impressed Porcelain
How impressed patterns give porcelain depth: a closer look at moulded detail, changing light and the relationship between surface and form.
An accompanying teaware photograph from the Best Ceramics craft article; the making sequence below illustrates the pressing process. Image: Best Ceramics archive.
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Gallery Notes
A Quiet Space Above Chinatown
Inside Taiwu Gallery on South Bridge Road: porcelain, lacquer and tea objects brought together in a quiet space for looking closely.
Taiwu Gallery interior, from the opening archive published in October 2025. Image: Best Ceramics archive.
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Artists
Huawen Xu: From Drawn Line to Tea Vessel
An artist note connecting Huawen Xu’s ballpoint drawings, porcelain design and the quiet proportions of a tea set.
Image: Best Ceramics / Taiwu Gallery.
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Craft
KOU: A Line of Attention
Looking closely at metal-rimmed porcelain, from a documented Ding-ware example to the visual language of Taiwu’s KOU selection.
Image: Best Ceramics / Taiwu Gallery.
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Blanc de Chine at the V&A: A Continuous Conversation
An archival reading of the V&A’s historic and contemporary Dehua porcelain display, with questions for looking at white porcelain today.
Contemporary tea vessels from the Best Ceramics archive, shown for context. Not a V&A exhibit or installation photograph. Image: Best Ceramics / Taiwu Gallery.
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Programme Archive
Lacquer, Time and Learning: The 2025 Programme Archive
An archive of Taiwu Gallery’s published 2025 lacquer programme: ceramic repair, jewellery and bowl-making themes.
Repair-process image from the Taiwu Gallery archive. The image is not dated here as a record of a particular class. Image: Best Ceramics / Taiwu Gallery.
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