Shanhai World
A civilisation made physical — over eight hundred hand-built figures, a 340 m² terrain, a world you can walk around.
2012 – ongoingExhibited · Ongoing
Works
Works as a starting point for your project.
References in form, material and scale. Each work’s status is stated; renderings remain labelled.
Form
For
14 of 14 works
The Shanhai Map
A long field of mineral pigment holding two worlds — one seen in daylight, one revealed only under ultraviolet.
2015 – 2019Exhibited · Private collection
Twelve Beauties
Twelve ceramic figures that only make sense together — a reading of Dream of the Red Chamber, held in private collections worldwide.
Series, ongoingPrivate collection · Commissioned
China Dragon
A 12.8-metre painting whose body is the Yangtze and whose ground is 1,800 cells of living heritage.
2012 – ongoingInstallation · Ongoing
RenderingShanhai Huntian — Celestial Sphere
An ancient cosmological instrument re-made as a kinetic bronze object; from the desk to the atrium.
2025 – in developmentIn development · Edition
Bronze-Script Lexicon — 420 Phrases
The whole Classic re-written in bronze script — the atelier's own alphabet for seals, symbols and private marks.
2016 – ongoingOngoing
Seated Ancestors
Yan Di, Huang Di, Chi You and their companions — figure studies from the Form System, finished in gold.
2024 – 2026Edition · In development
Mythic Beasts
Zouyu, the nine-tailed fox, Lushu and their kin — collector sets from the Form System.
2024 – ongoingEdition · Available
Twelve Zodiac Beasts — Medals
The zodiac re-cast with beasts from the Classic — enamel medals in a presentation case.
2025Edition
Dragon Drunk Red
A commemorative figure in lacquer red — made for one person, one date.
Private commissionPrivate collection · Commissioned
Buddha-Man
Buddha is not a person but a state — a white figure carrying its own red script.
2016Private collection
Eight Drunken Immortals
Eight blue-and-white figures caught mid-gesture.
SeriesPrivate collection
World of Blessings
A world map painted without a brushstroke — pigment allowed to flow as nature does.
SeriesPrivate collection
Shanghai Metro Line 2
A carriage as a portrait of a city, 2008.
2008Private collection
Jewellery
MYTH BELONGS
Jewellery has its own home. A few studio examples are shown here; future jewellery stories and collections will be presented by MYTH BELONGS.
Studio examples · photographed works