In the five years since she started her own business, Ms. Ye Fang has been open-minded and studious, devoted herself to research, and has a meticulous grasp of the research on traditional celadon and the creation of modern art ceramics. The works she creates are neat in hand, concise in shape, unique in perspective, and filled with glaze, highlighting a beautiful artistic style in every square inch.
The works have won many gold, silver, bronze and other awards in provincial and national artistic ceramics and traditional ceramics professional competitions. In 2008, three works including the pink celadon glaze "Lotus Wash" were permanently collected by the Longquan Celadon Museum. In 2009, his works "Three Series Lid Jars with Flying Phoenix and Xiang Beast Buttons" and "Chrysanthemum Petal Autumn Cicada Pot" were permanently collected by the Museum of Minzu University of China. The works are deeply loved by collectors and celadon lovers from all over the world.
Ms. Ye Fang grew up in a heap of mud and broken porcelain. She has deep feelings and unique insights into the traditional culture of Longquan celadon. After graduating from high school in 2001, she got her wish and entered a porcelain factory to study with a master, learning celadon design and production techniques. From then on, she began to embark on a life path of becoming acquainted with celadon art.
With outstanding talent and unremitting efforts, she emerged from the apprenticeship one year later and became a technician at the largest porcelain factory in Longquan City (Jinhong Porcelain Factory). In practical work, Ms. Ye Fang has been tirelessly exploring and exploring unknown areas of ceramic art. She is a new generation of celadon artist who loves and respects tradition. She is well aware of the historical status and value of Longquan celadon in China and even the world. She hopes that through continuous learning, hard work and summing up experience, she can become a member of the Longquan celadon tradition. The inheritor of culture, the ancient Chinese art.
As a result, Ms. Ye Fang went to the Ceramic Sculpture Major of Dehua Ceramics College and studied in the first basic theory training class of characteristic craftsmanship of Lishui College. He also learned the techniques of hand-kneading flowers and figure sculptures from Mr. Su Zhuzhuang, a master of Chinese ceramics and the fourth generation descendant of Yunyu Porcelain House. Since then, her creative skills have continued to improve, so that she can always bring the fresh, clear, crystal-like jade-like quality of Longquan porcelain glaze to the extreme, giving people an otherworldly enjoyment.
In 2007, with the support of her family, she founded Longquan Deyi Celadon Workshop and continued to promote the development of Longquan celadon art with her personal strength. After years of hard work, the scale of production has continued to expand, with existing fixed assets of nearly 10 million yuan, an annual output value of 3 million yuan, and providing more than 20 jobs for the government. In recent years, specialty stores and sales counters have been set up in large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou in Henan, Qingdao in Shandong, Xi'an in Shaanxi and Urumqi in Xinjiang. The market prospects are promising and the supply of products exceeds demand.
In order to strengthen the construction of brand culture, the two trademarks "Deyi Kiln" and "Hefang" applied by the company have been registered by the National Trademark Office. After years of exploration and development, the "Longquan Matt Glaze" has also applied for a patent to the China Patent Office. In 2011, "Hefang" brand celadon won the title of the most valuable brand in the Chinese business community.
September 30, 2009, is a day that the people of Longquan and the celadon artists are proud of and will never forget. On this day, the traditional firing technique of Longquan celadon was successfully selected as an "intangible cultural heritage" of mankind, becoming the only ceramic project in the world to be selected. The following year, Ms. Ye Fang entered Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute for further studies. She is a ceramic artist who is constantly learning, exploring and innovating. She is well aware of the significance of pioneering and enterprising for the prosperity of contemporary Longquan celadon. As a rising star of Longquan celadon art, she has the responsibility to redouble her efforts, carry forward the celadon culture on the basis of inheriting it, and cherish it even more The precious legacy left by our ancestors created another important milestone in the development history of Longquan celadon.