Jiang Rong

Alias Linfeng, Jiang Rong was born in 1919 in Yixing, Jiangsu province. She was brought up in a family of potters. She learned to produce purple clay wares under her father Jiang Honggao. Since 1955, she has worked at the Yixing Purple Clay Factory. She is now a famous female craft master in her own right. She is presently a senior craft master.

She likes to make teapots and implements for the desk and articles modelled after fruits. Each article exhibits a fine workmanship of its own. She has demonstrated a great combination of art and substance. She can precisely take advantage of the special quality and characteristics of purple clay to express her creative concept.

Most of her works are based on fishes, insects, flowers and fruits, birds, and animals to express the joy of nature and the greatness of life. Her portrayal of objects is vived and lifelike, consummate in form and the use of color. She is able to demonstrate the elegance of her works in details. Her works are given with an interesting appearance without a stale taste. She is not only able to apply her outstanding intelligence to express emotion through works, but also bring the joy of this field with her innovation of decorating purple clay teapot in the image of fruits. The art of teapot is diversifying through her arts. The new generation of purple clay potters are deeply influenced by her.