Tales of Tableware 02: Shen Qiaofeng on How Living Well Is the Key to Creating Well

The Tales of Tableware series sets out to visit the studios of makers who craft vessels, as well as restaurateurs with a deep devotion to tableware. The hope is that while everyone focuses on ingredients, hones their cooking skills and savors fine food, they will also pay attention to tableware, discover tableware, and together explore the world and stories of food vessels.

Notes

[Note 1] Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966), a renowned Japanese ceramic artist who, together with Yanagi Soetsu, Hamada Shoji and others, promoted the Japanese Mingei folk craft movement, championing the beauty of everyday craft objects.
[Note 2] In mid-2017, Qiaofeng moved the studio from downtown Tainan to Guantian, Tainan.
[Note 3] Ono Tetsuhei, a heavyweight Japanese ceramic artist, lives on a mountain in Kami, Kochi Prefecture, with his wife, textile artist Hayakawa Yumi, and their ceramic-artist sons Ono Shohei and Ono Tai, leading a self-sufficient life. Their work aspires to use the purest earth and fire, so most pieces are fired in traditional wood-fired kilns and gas kilns.

Tales of Tableware Series

Tales of Tableware 01 | Made for One's Own Use, a 100% Local Food Life | Maple Tree Pottery Workshop

(This article was sponsored by the Jian Zhen Environmental Education Foundation for personnel expenses, but the foundation does not interfere at all with news topic selection or interview writing, ensuring journalistic independence.)