Shanhai World
A civilisation made physical — over eight hundred hand-built figures, a 340 m² terrain, a world you can walk around.
Works
Each work stands on its own — to be commissioned, collected, or built from.
Every status is stated truthfully: produced, collected, edition, concept or in development. Renderings are labelled.
The Shanhai Map
Eight metres of mineral pigment holding two worlds — one seen in daylight, one revealed only under ultraviolet.
Twelve Beauties
Twelve ceramic figures that only make sense together — a reading of Dream of the Red Chamber, held in private collections worldwide.
China Dragon
A 12.8-metre painting whose body is the Yangtze and whose ground is 1,800 cells of living heritage.
RenderingShanhai Huntian — Celestial Sphere
An ancient cosmological instrument re-made as a kinetic bronze object; from the desk to the atrium.
Bronze-Script Lexicon — 420 Phrases
The whole Classic re-written in bronze script — the atelier's own alphabet for seals, symbols and private marks.
Bronze-Script Signet Ring
A personal symbol, worn — engraved in the atelier's bronze script.
Seated Ancestors
Yan Di, Huang Di, Chi You and their companions — figure studies from the Form System, finished in gold.
Mythic Beasts
Zouyu, the nine-tailed fox, Lushu and their kin — collector sets from the Form System.
Twelve Zodiac Beasts — Medals
The zodiac re-cast with beasts from the Classic — enamel medals in a presentation case.
Dragon Drunk Red
A commemorative figure in lacquer red — made for one person, one date.
Buddha-Man
Buddha is not a person but a state — a white figure carrying its own red script.
Eight Drunken Immortals
Eight blue-and-white figures caught mid-gesture.
World of Blessings
A world map painted without a brushstroke — pigment allowed to flow as nature does.
Shanghai Metro Line 2
A carriage as a portrait of a city, 2008.