The Innovation And Creation Of Dabin Shi’s Clay Teapot Forming Process In Ming Dynasty

Throughout Chinese traditional art history, Yixing Clay Teapot has long been regarded asan extraordinary achievement with great attention and passion showed from local citizens,expatriates and foreigners. The success of the Clay teapot is inseparable with the formingprocess of the art.In reality, technology is the only way to transform a concept and artistic spirit behind theartwork into real objects. Consequently, the technical skills used for a clay teapot is playing anindispensable role in Chinese traditional arts till now. Along with historical development,people constantly renew their ideas about pottery forming process both theoretically andpractically, requiring advisable and adaptable making processes with continuous developmentfor the uncertain future tendency. Simultaneously, the advanced forming process alsocontributes to the breakthrough and development of Yixing Clay teapot tremendously.Specifically, the pottery is enriched in species and perfected with splendid appearance for thepurpose of steady developed aesthetic demand and artistic spirit. Thereby, it formed a relationthat is mutual interrelated and mutual interaction. Archaeologist can trace this relation back toMing Dynasty when the era of Dabin Shi strongly corroborated the existence.This article studies and demonstrates what was innovated and reformed of clay teapot byDabin in Ming Dynasty, including renovation in new forming methods, invention in newteapot appearance and etc. With the considerable assistance of literature inspection, fieldresearch, data analysis, case studies and other methodologies, the essay first discuss the detailof forming process, and further analyze and explore impacts carried on teapot’s shape andvalue. Examples involved demonstrate the characteristics of clay teapot discovered by Dabinin teapot’s innovation and reform before illustrate the detail.Finally, this article will continue work on a comparative study, providing conclusion onhistorical influence on innovation and reform of pottery which is bounded up with Dabin Shiin Chinese tradition teapot history. This is the implication of this article.