Reliquary Incense Burner walnut the tightly wound pearls unfurl

the tightly wound pearls unfurl in the cup

Tong Ding Lake

silky foam on the surface of a bowl of matcha

Elevation: 800m

distant campfires

Reliquary Incense Burner walnut the tightly wound pearls unfurlArtist Michele Quan creates ceramic works that explore form, symbol, and the quiet resonance of the handmade. Her iconic bells, vessels, and sculptural forms often carry markings that evoke sky, spirit, and landscape, inviting contemplation through texture and tone. Quan speaks of the fire and air within the gas kiln the elemental forces that fuse earth into being. In that alchemy, the object emerges, transformed. There is a mystical quality to this