Strongest purple clay craftsman team: Our team has successfully signed 53 art masters, it also includes 90 national senior engineers and 536 national technologists. Moreover, with the special authorization, theteam invites Gu Shaopei, Lv Raocheng, Mao Guoqiang and other masters as the artist consultant.
Complete purple clay master communication system: Since the hosting of “going by the masters” in 2013 for the first time, more than 10 meet-and-greet activities has been held, which provide pot lovers with all-around experience for purple clay art .
Gu Jingzhou(Died)
Title： Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Craft Artist Master
China’s Craft Artist Master, one of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, he is the most accomplished modern potters. His reputation could be compared with the Shi Dabing of Ming Dynasty. He was honored as “the Grand Master”, “leading authority of pot field”.
Jiang Rong(Lin Feng(died))
Title： Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Craft Artist Master
China’s Craft Artist Master, one of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, she was the first female craft artist master in the history and she was good at making floral organs.
Zhu Kexin(died)
Title： Senior Craft Artist
One of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, his stage name is Kexin, meaning “the modest one could be the teacher”. In 16, he learned from Wang Shengyi and became fellow apprentices with Wu Yungen and Wang Genbao. He was modest in learning and pursued for innovation.
Ren Ganting(died)
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
One of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, he was born in a teacher’s family. His eldest brother Gankun was good at engravedpaper, his second elder brother died early and his younger brother Ganru was engaged in the painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style. His family was poor and he had just learned in school for 3 years, but he studied hard and often painted or wrote on the ground. The people surrounding regarded as him as a talent.
Pei Shimin(died)
One of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, he is also named as Pei Demin. When he was a child, he once studied in school. In 14, he learned ceramic making technology from his brother-in-law Zu Cheng. When he came to Liyong Tao products company in 22, he had be famous in the field.
Wang Yinchun(died)
Title： Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
He started the technology career in as learning from master Jin Ashou. Three years later, he served as technician in the potter. In 24, he made and sold his own dark-red enameled pottery teapot, on which he printed his signature. It made him famous in Shanghai.
Wu Yungen(died)
Title：Master of Qing Dynasty
One of Seven Old Purple Clay Masters, he is also named as Wu Zhilai. In 14, he learned pot making skills from Wang Chunrong. Wang Genbao, Zhukexin and him are fellow apprentices.
He Daohong
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Ceramic Art Master, Craft Artist Master of Jiangsu Province
Learned from famous artist Wang Yinchun and Pei Shimin, he also studied in the Central Academy of Fine Arts and formed the “He’s Style” in the pot art field.
Wang Yinxian
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master, China’s Ceramic Art Master
Awarded as “master of floral organ”, he has learned from Wu Yungen, Zhu Kexin, Pei Shimin, Jiang Rong. He is active in exploration and innovation, gains the advantages of different schools. He is one of the 4 modern style representative of the purple pottery art, as well as a master of modern ceramics.
Zhou Guizhen
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master, China’s Ceramic Art Master
Learned from Wang Yinchun and Gu Jingzhou, she has achieved remarkable results on the purple clay art during 40 years of work, and she has been honored as “master of round ware”.
Pan Chiping
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： Famous Art Crafts of Jiangsu Province
Famous for flowerpot in Shanghai in 1970s, accepted specific training in the factory later. He concentrates on the quadrangular jar and is called as the “King of Quadrangular Jar” in Taiwan.
Li Changhong
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master, China’s Ceramic Art Master
Learned from master Gu Jingzhou, he has the good reputation of “prize winner” in the field. He is honest and kind, modest and eager to learn with good morality. In his spare time, he likes painting and studying purple clay theory, as well as teaching new talents.
Xu Xiutang
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master, China’s Ceramic Art Master
Learned pottery carving decoration from pottery carving master Ren Ganting, later turned to “Clay Figurine Zhang” studio to learn folk clay sculpture. The decorative art has been fully developed.
Lv Yaochen
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Craft Artist Master
Learned from the master Wu Yungen, the works’ modelling are novel and unique, as well as exquisite and rigorous, which are collected by the Museum of Chinese History as contemporary treasures.
Gu Shaopei
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master
Learned from Chen Yuanfu firstly and taught by Gu Jingzhou later, he has served as the vice general technologist of Yixing (Jiangsu) Purple Clay Craft Factory, deputy director of Purple Clay Craft Institute, chief technologist of Yixing Jinda Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Bao Zhiqiang
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors： China’s Craft Artist Master, China’s Ceramic Art Master
Called as Leren, he learned the pottery carving from Tan Yaokun and Fan Zelin. Later, he turned to Wu Yungen to learn the pot making skills. He is good at designing pot making, especially the pottery carving.
Chen Guoliang
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Ceramic Art Master
He is also called as Hexuan and he learned the technology from China’s Ceramic Art Master, He Hongdao.
Xu Anbi
Title：Researcher level Senior Craft Artist
Honors：China’s Ceramic Art Master, Craft Artist Master of Jiangsu Province
Good at pottery carving, he combines the calligraphy, painting and ceramic furnishings organically. Keep on innovation, and pursue for perfection.