FIELD NOTES / TWN / Eastern Asia
Taiwan
Yingge clay & ceramic production.
START WITH A PLACE
Pottery Town
The Yingge Ceramics Museum documents Taiwan’s pottery techniques and the development of Yingge as a ceramics town. Kilns, factory communities and finished objects offer different scales for reading the same material practice.
Read the source New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics MuseumA CLOSER LOOK
A study in units and repetition.
Compare the raw clay body with the finished glazed surface. Follow a vessel’s rim, foot and thickness to understand the decisions behind its silhouette.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Slip white#eee9dfoklch(0.935 0.014 84.584)
Clay body#c6a389oklch(0.740 0.055 58.377)
Fired earth#a0543eoklch(0.532 0.106 36.996)
Glaze blue#487580oklch(0.534 0.052 214.983)
Kiln ink#302d31oklch(0.302 0.008 317.719)