The Story of Us

"A Thousand Years of Kiln Fire, Warm as Day One: The Soul of Eastern Craftsmanship"

I am a child of clay, born in the Porcelain Capital, raised by the kiln’s fire.

     

Twelve years ago, when I first pressed my hands into wet pottery mud, my master told me: "Ceramics have life—the warmth in your hands becomes their soul." From that moment, clay and I were bound for life.

At first, we made only tea ware. A thousand years of Chinese tea ceremony live in a single cup—mountains and rivers contained in its curves, the cosmos hidden within a teapot. These vessels, we believe, are containers of the Eastern spirit.

     

Then one day, a Danish visitor cradled one of our teacups and asked, "Could you make coffee cups? I want European mornings to hold this same warmth."

At that, the kiln’s fire leapt inside my heart.

Ceramics know no borders. They traveled the Silk Road, bewitched European royalty as "white gold," became a language of exchange during the Age of Exploration. Why couldn’t Chinese ceramics again grace global tables?

So we dared:

We glazed cups in the jade-white hue of the Forbidden City’s marble balustrades, then painted them with feitian (flying apsaras)—those celestial dancers from Dunhuang’s caves, their ribbons floating as if stirred by a desert wind. Thus, the Dunhuang Apsaras Coffee Collection was born—ancient mystique meeting modern ritual.

     

Every curve honors motion. The saucer’s wave-like rim mirrors the cup’s flow; auspicious clouds drift subtly across its surface, complementing but never competing. When a French friend traced the glaze with her fingers, she whispered: "I can feel time’s fingerprints."

The world was ready. Not for museum relics, but for the steam of morning coffee in a cup that catches sunlight just so—for that silent understanding when fingertips meet craftsmanship across civilizations.

Now, from our Jingdezhen studio to your home, we offer more than objects. This is an experiment: What happens when Eastern aesthetics waltz with Western routines? When ancient hands embrace new generations?

The answer may rise with your next sip.

From Our Kiln to Your Home
—Reimagining Chinese Ceramics for the World