In the dining room of her tidy Beijing apartment, Wang Yan placed a shallow tray filled with hot water onto a table. Floating in the tray were five small porcelain cups, as fine as eggshells, and about as big across.
Next she brought in the teapot — a modern, clear glass decanter — and a steel thermos. From a foil bag, she shook dry oolong tea into the pot. Dark green and clumped like clenched fists, the leaves carried a faint fragrance of flowers and springtime earth.
For those of you who know and love Paul Cardew, you will know that many years ago (when he was young and had more hair!) he produced the original version of the highly collectable Nat West Piggy family.
This was back in December 1982, when Paul was known as “Sunshine Ceramics” and was based in a small unit in Exmouth. As the demand and popularity of the “Piggies” increased, the production was moved from “Sunshine Ceramics” and was subsequently taken over by Wade Ceramics, who remodelled the original design to suit their manufacture.
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