About Master Zou Guangyi 邹光拽

Master Zou Guangyi is a craftsman from Shuiji, Jianyang, a region long known as one of the historical centers of Jian Zhan culture. He works and fires at the Song Yu Dragon Kiln (宋钧龙窑), a traditional long, wood-fired kiln built for large-scale, high-temperature Jian ware firing. Growing up in this environment, he became familiar with clay, fire, and kiln work from an early age.

Zou Guangyi is the apprentice of Master Zou Guanghui (邹光辉), and the grand-student of the elder master Zou Yunyuan (邹云源). Under their guidance, he studied the core skills of Jian ware: refining iron-rich clay, preparing natural ore glazes, stacking kiln chambers, adjusting air flow, and reading flame movement during firing. These are skills that require patience, repeated practice, and a calm understanding of the fire’s rhythm.

Through years of training and countless kiln firings, he developed his own steady and natural firing style. His works emphasize clear crystal growth, gentle metallic lustre, and quiet, balanced bowl form — characteristics that are only possible through true wood-fired reduction using mineral glazes and long-kiln firing.

Lineage

• Zou Yunyuan 邹云源 — Master (Elder Generation)
• Zou Guanghui 邹光辉 — Teacher and Guiding Craftsman
• Zou Guangyi 邹光拽 — Apprentice and Song Yu Dragon Kiln Firing Master

Artistic Characteristics

• Traditional mineral ore glazes
• Fired in a long-form wood-fired dragon kiln
• Natural crystal formation with layered metallic sheen
• Shapes are balanced and warm in the hand
• Glaze shifts color beautifully under changing light

Representative Glaze Styles

• 黑底银毫 (Black base silver hare’s fur)
• 金滴蓝毫 (Golden drop with blue glow)
• 银百花 (Silver “hundred-petal” crystal bloom)
• 金油滴 (Golden oil-spot)
• 银牛血 (Silver Ox-Blood)

Location

Song Yu Dragon Kiln · Shuiji Town · Jianyang District · Fujian Province · China

Legacy

Zou Guangyi continues to preserve the traditional culture of Jian Zhan not through mass production, but through patience, kiln experience, and respect for fire. Each firing is a conversation between earth and flame, and each bowl carries the quiet spirit of the kiln.