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Wounded Porcelain

Chipped edges, traces of ash, fragility that endures.

打开几乎尘封半年的纸箱,重新看着这些脆弱的瓷,不知什么时候又残缺了一些边缘,反而增加了一些磨损的岁月感。

脆弱的薄瓷器若是沾染到一些植物残留的草木灰(不可预测且不可控),高温历练之后成釉,看起来黑褐或深绿色,像是伤口似的瑕疵。纯白的瓷易碎,而意外带有“伤口”的部分则坚韧的多。

物质世界转译着人生的道理。

I lifted the cardboard box, untouched for half a year, and looked again at these fragile porcelains. I hadn’t realised that some edges had chipped in the meantime, yet these small damages only gave them a sense of age and weathered history.

Where plant ash had settled, high heat had transformed it into dark brown and deep green glazes, like tiny wounds etched into the porcelain’s skin. The pure white, untouched surfaces are delicate, but the parts that carry these marks endure. Fragility and resilience coexist in quiet, unexpected harmony.

Even in stillness, the material world whispers the truths of life.

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