【5 Elements Serie 五行】Wooden Cube Teapot with sheet metal and nails iron

1. Making it with Taiwanese clay which contains great amount of minerals such as Iron(III) oxide. This helps make the water softer when brewing tea. Firing at 1230℃ high temperature with electric kiln instead of wood-firing to minimize the pollution to environment.
2. 5 elements describe interactions between things in the universe. FIRE appears when firing the teapot in the kiln. WOOD is the body which we mimic with clay. METAL is the iron parts made of clay. WATER appears when we brew tea . EARTH is the ONLY element we use to make the entire teapot! When adding water into teapot, five elements operate and bring out energy. They form a balance where the interactive process is being constantly repeated, hence forming a never ending circle.
3. Entirely using Taiwanese clay to mimic wood and metal. (Seeing is not believing!) Insisting on making with our hands rather than machine or wheel. By pinching the clay, we make the structure more compact and dense.