https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal 2026-09-28T17:37:02+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/jingdezhen-handicraft-porcelain-industry-sites 2026-09-15T15:22:11+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/clay-and-kiln-in-two-printed-leaves 2026-09-08T11:19:37+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/at-working-distance 2026-09-08T11:19:38+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/three-distances-for-seeing-a-piece 2026-09-08T11:19:39+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/motif-notes 2026-09-08T11:19:40+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/where-porcelain-begins 2026-09-08T14:56:38+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-5f1ab60a438c-clay-preparation-img01.webp?v=1788849932 Where Porcelain Begins: Stone, Water and Workable Clay Hands pressing and folding pale clay on a work surface https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/form-rest-and-trim 2026-09-08T14:56:46+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-4c385577c5ce-trimming-img06.webp?v=1788850465 A Form Is Not Pulled in One Move A tool trimming a small inverted pale vessel, with ribbons of clay beside it https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/blue-appears-in-fire 2026-09-08T16:07:01+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-1bc0eee7a9e2-painting-img08.webp?v=1788850471 Blue Appears in the Fire A fine brush following pale guide lines around a curved vessel https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/how-glaze-meets-the-body 2026-09-08T14:56:54+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-eaac28726e9e-surface-application-img10.webp?v=1788850477 How a Layer of Glaze Meets the Body A spray tool directed towards a small inverted vessel on a rotating support https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/a-place-in-the-kiln 2026-09-08T14:56:59+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-d46109e7aac1-kiln-loading-img11.webp?v=1788850484 Giving Every Piece a Place in the Kiln A person beside a loaded kiln car at the kiln entrance https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/what-fire-changes 2026-09-08T14:57:04+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-57b2f073d6ff-kiln-firing-img12.webp?v=1788850490 What the Fire Changes Flames illuminating shelves and porcelain forms inside a kiln https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/colours-return-to-fire 2026-09-08T16:07:01+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-d0272261fe9b-finished-inspection-img14.webp?v=1788850499 Some Colours Must Return to the Fire Gloved hands holding a blue-and-white vase https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/a-hard-body-a-delicate-skin 2026-09-08T14:57:22+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-2004becaa3dc-journal-surface-hero.webp?v=1788850512 A Hard Body, A Delicate Skin A decorated porcelain cup and saucer against a dark background https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/flowers-gathered-in-colour 2026-09-16T10:41:43+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-5ffe8b3342ec-cd118-hero.jpg?v=1789031122 Flowers Gathered in Colour Autumn Chrysanthemum, seen in full. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/look-inside-another-landscape-appears 2026-09-25T09:39:43+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-8046e8b52e97-cd149-held-exterior.jpg?v=1789031138 Look Inside, and Another Landscape Appears Held in two hands, the pavilion, trees and rocks come into close view. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/at-the-worktable 2026-09-16T10:46:50+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-5a8d2a7877de-worktable-shelves.jpg?v=1789031152 At the Worktable A worker seen through rows of cups and dishes. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/white-froth-a-dark-tea-bowl 2026-09-16T10:46:51+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-a07a5e7a6c02-hist-bowl.jpg?v=1789137994 White Froth, a Dark Tea Bowl Black Glazed Teabowl, Jian ware, Southern Song dynasty, 12th–13th century, Fujian, China. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/when-chinese-tea-bowls-reached-european-tables 2026-09-16T10:46:53+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-6137c80a7fbc-hist-china.jpg?v=1789138017 When Chinese Tea Bowls Reached European Tables Chinese teabowl for the British market, c. 1730. Black-and-white archive photograph. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/time-for-a-few-pages 2026-09-16T10:46:55+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-5a7f03d1605b-a3-pour.jpg?v=1789138030 Time for a Few Pages The drink pours into the cup; the spoon rests beside the saucer. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/the-cup-you-keep-reaching-for 2026-09-16T10:46:57+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-3d8e243d3eda-a4-cup-saucer.jpg?v=1789138577 The Cup You Keep Reaching For Flowers and leaves cover the dark cup, set with its saucer on a dark round surface. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/when-porcelain-takes-to-the-wall 2026-09-16T10:47:00+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-0dc14f4ae1c7-wall-white-full.jpg?v=1789268994 When Porcelain Takes to the Wall A light-ground floral panel within a reddish-brown frame and broad pale border. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/before-the-first-wisp 2026-09-25T09:40:03+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-066a65e1863d-incense-setting.jpg?v=1789270053 Before the First Wisp The censer stands on a wooden surface beside a woven container, with green beyond. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/what-we-see-when-a-box-opens 2026-09-16T10:47:04+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-a0f056cdbcc2-box-dark-closed.jpg?v=1789270063 What We See When a Box Opens A dark patterned box with two closures at the front. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/flowers-above-and-below 2026-09-16T10:47:06+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-a4aacd40593b-flowers-01.webp?v=1789447835 Flowers Above, Flowers Below Pink and white flowers spread above the mouth; painted flowers cover the body below. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/the-shape-beside-the-vase 2026-09-16T10:47:08+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-3511feec1541-ears-01.webp?v=1789447846 The Shape Beside the Vase Two curling handles project from the shoulders of the blue-and-white vessel. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/the-book-beside-the-easel 2026-09-16T10:47:09+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-25bb1b795d91-book-01.webp?v=1789447861 The Book Beside the Easel The painter supports an open book with both hands and looks towards its pages. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/a-gift-for-someone-who-has-everything 2026-09-25T09:18:28+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-bg-20260925-img-028.png?v=1790299108 A Gift for Someone Who Has Everything Lotus Display Plate, with blue floral scrolls spreading across the centre and rim. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/tea-arrangements 2026-09-16T11:34:41+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-e37cd0e28178-tea-flat.webp?v=1789528542 Three Cups, Rearranged Three blue-and-white cups and saucers share a black tabletop, with the tall cup between two lower forms. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/a-cup-and-its-surroundings 2026-09-16T11:35:03+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-d2b068f32ff4-setting-green-whole.webp?v=1789529248 The Colours Around a Cup A cup of the same design rests on a round wooden surface, with blurred green foliage and vertical lines behind it. https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/a-line-within-the-landscape 2026-09-16T11:35:34+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-eb346ec290e7-letters-after.webp?v=1789529331 A Line Within the Landscape After the hand withdraws, a short dark column remains between the leaves, above a figure, animals and sloping ground https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/an-old-painting-on-porcelain 2026-09-16T11:36:02+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-92dc5fb5b332-voice-hero.webp?v=1789529386 The Feeling of an Old Painting, on Porcelain A man seated beside the worktable holds a porcelain plate painted with a grey landscape https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/the-pattern-remains 2026-09-16T11:36:56+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/cw-journal-7ab1f22f0fd3-cup-edge.webp?v=1789529586 The Pattern Remains A blue and white cup with part of its wall missing, exposing its white interior, decorated exterior and broken edge https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/antique-chinese-porcelain-evidence-guide 2026-09-19T22:51:00+08:00 weekly https://craftedwondersart.com/blogs/journal/blue-white-vase-buying-guide 2026-09-22T04:57:03+08:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0765/7524/4462/articles/01-front_94d713b1-b66d-4a9b-8c2f-2a39808ce944.webp?v=1789829466 Choosing a Blue-and-White Vase for Your Space: A Buyer’s Guide Front view of the blue and white water-chestnut porcelain vase