Journal

LUMI Qing Hua blue-and-white porcelain bead bracelet, 8mm — cobalt brushwork hand-painted under the glaze in Jingdezhen

Blue on White: The Craft Behind the Qing Hua Br...

Cobalt, white porcelain and a single high firing — the story of China’s most enduring ceramic tradition, worn on the wrist.

Blue on White: The Craft Behind the Qing Hua Br...

Cobalt, white porcelain and a single high firing — the story of China’s most enduring ceramic tradition, worn on the wrist.

LUMI blue ice-crackle glaze ceramic bead bracelet, 10mm, handmade in Jingdezhen — the hairline crackle pattern forms as each bead cools

The Cracks Are the Point: Inside the Crackle Glaze

How a technique the Song dynasty turned into art puts a web of fine lines on every Crackle bead — and why no two are the same.

The Cracks Are the Point: Inside the Crackle Glaze

How a technique the Song dynasty turned into art puts a web of fine lines on every Crackle bead — and why no two are the same.

Handmade Jingdezhen porcelain beads on a LUMI Qing Hua ceramic bracelet — each bead shaped, glazed and kiln-fired by hand

From Clay to Bead: How a Jingdezhen Ceramic Bea...

Our bracelets are small, but each ceramic bead is shaped, glazed, and kiln-fired by hand in Jingdezhen — a working porcelain town in southern China. A short look at how...

From Clay to Bead: How a Jingdezhen Ceramic Bea...

Our bracelets are small, but each ceramic bead is shaped, glazed, and kiln-fired by hand in Jingdezhen — a working porcelain town in southern China. A short look at how...