Categories
One shop, several craft traditions. A category opens only when a named maker, real objects and their documents are in hand.
Porcelain
Snow within the kiln fire
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, China
17 pieces listed
Jade and stone
A thousand years of seal script in the palm
Shoushan village, Jin'an district, Fuzhou, China
No pieces listed yet
Bamboo and rattan
The woven everyday
Qingshen and Shengzhou, China; Phu Vinh and Hue, Vietnam
No pieces listed yet
Lacquer
Lacquer turned from vessel into painting
Fuzhou, Yangzhou and Pingyao, China; Ha Thai and Chuyen My, Vietnam
No pieces listed yet
Pearl
Characters cut within a grain of rice
Shanxiahu, Zhuji, Zhejiang, China
No pieces listed yet
How a category is admitted
Every category and every maker is scored against seven dimensions before a single piece is listed. The two heaviest dimensions are logistics and margin: for fragile objects made by hand, those are the real constraints, not the story.
| Dimension | Weight | What it tests |
|---|---|---|
| D1 · Category fit | 15 | Is the work genuinely non-standard, hand-made and rooted in a living craft tradition, or is it homogeneous? |
| D2 · Narrative and provenance | 20 | Can the maker, the place and the evidence be verified, and can they be understood outside China? |
| D3 · Logistics and fulfilment | 20 | Weight, volume, fragility, breakage and return cost. Large or fragile forms are excluded rather than over-packed. |
| D4 · Unit price and margin | 15 | Can one piece carry the cost of cross-border delivery and still leave a defensible margin? |
| D5 · Capacity and zero-stock fit | 10 | Is made-to-order or consignment workable, and can the maker sustain a small annual output? |
| D6 · Compliance and intellectual property | 10 | Material testing, export documentation, image rights and the accuracy of every public claim. |
| D7 · Series and audience extension | 10 | Can a body of work develop over time without turning into volume production? |
Total 100. The two heaviest dimensions, logistics and margin, account for 35 points between them.
These dimensions assess whether a craft belongs here. They are not sales targets: this shop does not optimise for unit volume or turnover, and a piece is never listed to fill a shelf.
Why four categories have no pieces
No photograph, no measurement, no certificate: no listing. Inventing objects for a category that is still being assessed would make every other claim on this site harder to believe.
Each preparing category publishes its craft, its place of origin and the conditions a piece must meet before it can appear. Enquiries are welcome while that work continues.