Artist Lin Yu-sheng as a locals in 18th Furrow, Beitou, has started his life closely with pottery since childhood because of his parents was running a pottery factory. In his early thirties, he chose 18th Furrow, his hometown to build up his own studio for pottery making. The studio has gone through thirty years, and people name it 18th Furrow Kiln. Lin mainly works on temmoku glaze and Sakuraki gray glaze. He adopts these two ways to make daily utensils such as tea cups, bowls, and jars. He tries to use traditional skills to decorate the surface with golden silk lines and make it tender as the hair of rabbit. For pursuing practical use and modern life style, Lin's works of art are able to meet your demand.

 

Mr. Lin's works of art:

      

Reflection:

Today we come to Datun Eighteen Furrow to visit Lin Yu-sheng artist. As entering the studio, we see an array of works. The works' price are so high that let us stare, he said these works are unique, so prices will be so high.

While doing ceramics,glazing is full of a lot of knowledge. As Mr. Lin making new work, in the same time he also studying the glaze. The ingredients and recipes of Glaze determine the characteristics of the work. Mr. Lin challenge "Tianmu Glaze", which is the most difficult color glaze, as long as one of procedure is not careful it will fail, so there are few people would use it. He uses Tianmu Glaze to make perfect pottery, so his works always have lots of positive evaluations.

2016 Li-Nong Elementary School , Taipei , Taiwan - Pottery Pioneer
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