Celadon, Copper, Chun 青瓷 銅紅 鈞窯
A glaze born a thousand years ago and loved by the affluent
Chun (or Jun) glaze was born in China over a thousand years ago. It’s a copper-based glaze that can create green, blue, purple, red, and many unbelievable colors in between, depending on how you fire it (oxidation or reduction). It was considered a great innovation in the ceramic glaze development history and was loved by the affluent people, especially the Royal because the colors it produces are often those that represent Royal Status. Therefore, there was an old Chinese saying of “A broken piece of Chun-glazed work is better than a great fortune”
After many years of experiments, I found that layering Chun with Celadon and Cobalt creates a lovely color palette that provides so much depth to the work, You get the elegant grayish blue/green from Celadon, the royal navy blue from Cobalt, and the amazing purple and red from Chun. Everything just works right in this combination.
To create more interesting effects, I usually mix a few different glazing techniques, for example, brushing, spraying, and immersing. I also like to add some gold lusters to highlight my works. All of these design elements help distinguish my works from other’s.
家財萬貫，不如鈞瓷一片
令外國人癡迷的鈞窯釉色
青瓷與鈞窯釉色是千年前中國人偉大的發明，自古以來便流傳著「家財萬貫，不如鈞瓷一片」的說法，足見中國人對鈞窯熱愛的程度，也的確，青瓷的儒雅細膩，鈞窯的萬紫千紅都令我愛不釋手，兩者交互作用之下，使作品更添豐富層次。
鈞窯以銅發色，可以呈現紅、綠、藍、紫等美麗的釉色，在我多年的試釉下，發現以青瓷為底釉，配上鈷藍、鈞紫、鈞紅的組合，整體釉色的呈現不僅優雅，各種顏色之間更是相映成趣，有青瓷儒雅的青綠，鈷藍高貴的海軍藍，和鈞釉醉人的紫紅。
除了運用多種釉藥共融產生多變的釉色效果外，我也使用不同的施釉手法來創造新意，有時候以傳統的筆刷上釉，畫出國畫或西洋水彩畫的感覺，有時則運用一些工具和素材，以噴釉的方式創造出幾何圖形，讓作品變得有現代感，最後還會再上一些釉上彩，如金水等，使作品增添更多變化，也更具個人風格。