Black Sand
Blacksand is a kind of pottery produced in Yingjing Ancient Town of Ya’an City in Sichuan Province in China, with a history of more than 2000 years, and is unique in the world. Pottery firing technique Yingjing sand utensil firing skill is national intangible cultural heritage, and Yingjing sand utensil is intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan Province.
Blacksand is as a kind of craft with long history and passed generation by generation, before the year 2006, there were hundreds of Blacksand markets in Yingjing County, but left several at present. The youth complain about low income and are not willing to learn the skill, and prefer to work in the city.
At present, most black sand products are produced, processed and sold at old workshop of the Blacksand street in Yingjing County. Labor division in production is jiggering by male and carving by female. Cooking products (pan, stockpot, bowel etc.) and tea set are here mainly produced.
So I want to do something for Black Sand and the people there. This is a series of product design with blacksand, including sound box, lighting, tableware and living goods.
sound box
lighting
tableware and living goods
In the spring of 2015, I went to Yingjin County for twice for research, and later on, I determined to stay there to start my bacherlor graduation project. I spent more than one month at a Blacksand workshop in Yingjin. During this time i designed and finally made a set of Blacksand products. That is a really wonderful period of time in my undergraduate career.
