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by Hong Kong Dragon Kiln Concern Group

 

Eighty years ago, Tuen Mun was known as Castle Peak, the centre of Hong Kong’s flourishing pottery industry. Little evidence remains of this trade history, except for the Castle Peak Dragon Kiln. From the 1940s to early 1980s, the kiln produced numerous household items—from penny banks and clay pots to drainage pipes and wine jars. The only intact kiln of its kind to remain in Hong Kong, the structure is now preserved as a Grade III Historic Building.

 

Objects of the Dragon Kiln retells the site’s story through an examination of nine cherished objects that were produced at the kiln. This book is authored by Hong Kong Dragon Kiln Concern Group, a non-profit organisation gathering professionals from conservation, education, arts and cultural sectors, as well as the ceramic field including potters, ceramic artists, and art educators.

 

上世紀中葉屯門還叫作青山,那裏有不少陶窯和陶廠。今天香港碩果僅存的龍窯「青山龍窯」,還隱居於屯門鬧市,此書讓一件件陶製品帶領大家回到龍窯「香港製造」的現場,回望藝術的美妙痕跡,娓娓道出我們的香港故事。

 

200 pages. Full colour. Softcover.

180 mm (H) x 250 mm (W) 

Bilingual (Chinese & English) 

ISBN 978-988-18583-6-8

OBJECTS OF THE DRAGON KILN 器說龍窯

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