#;Porcelain

[victory-ocs]

midnight: What keeps your OC up at night? Do they have nightmares? Fears? Anxieties? What do they do in the small hours of the morning when they should be sleeping?

porcelain. heart.

Perhaps it's a side effect of her mother's powers that have been passed on to her. Perhaps it's something from her father. But Porcelain often has trouble sleeping. Late to bed, early to rise, always tired...

She doesn't suffer from nighmares or anything of the sort. She just... Patrols the Garden Districts streets, in the early mornings. There's no one awake, usually, and it's quiet. Something to do until everyone wakes up.

[victory-musings]

Whumptober 2024: Day 25- "How could you?!"

@ailesswhumptober

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Blood coats Porcelain's hands as she attempts to awaken the old hero. She is well aware that he is dead, crumpled on the concrete with a hole in his chest, but there is part of her that refuses to believe it. The old hero is her father, and her father cannot die like this. The old hero is a hero, and he can not die like this.

But yet, his silver fur is stained with the same blood that dirties her white gloves, and he does not react to her frantic shaking. He is dead and gone, and his killer had moved on to his next target without a glance back. No care for the old hero's horrified children, nor the way they begged and cried for him to stop.

She is begging for him to get up. Please please please get up, you can't leave her like this. She needs you, mother needs you, brother needs you. Helia and Solomon need you, you can't leave. Pawing at his face as she tries and fails to get any sort of response from the old hero.

She freezes as she hears a noise behind her. A sickening crack, and Helia's screams. Screams of anguish and agony, a high pitched shriek of Solomon's name. Porcelain dare not turn around, lest she see one of her friends in the same state as her father.

She expects to hear another crack. The sound of Helia getting ripped apart. But instead she hears the monster hiss in pain, cursing 'the damn deer'. The smell of burning fur and flesh hits her, mingling with the overwhelming scent of blood, and Porcelain slowly, s l o w l y, turns her head.

Solomon is on the floor, lifeless. Blood and feathers pooling around him like a macabre flower blooming. And Helia, sweet, warm, gentle Helia, stands over his body. Her horns are ablaze, her eyes glowing a sickly green, her pupils narrowed into slits. Claws where there were not claws before, and jagged teeth push their way out of her growing maw. The cracking was not from Solomon's body, but instead, Helia's bones, as she begins to twist and morph.

"HOW.... DARE YOU...."

It is not Helia's voice that comes from the beast. Something otherwordly, that echoes through the deserted streets. The once-a-deer opens her mouth in a snarl, and more teeth poke through the top of her gnarled, twisted muzzle.

"HOW COULD YOU?!"

[dolldeadprincess]

[yuumei-art]

Porcelain dress. Porcelain flesh.

I guess I'm in the translucent dress phase these days✨

[gobs-stuff]

kintsukuroi, "to repair with gold"; understanding the piece is more beautiful for having been broken

a personal piece i used my body as reference ����‍💫

[victusinveritas]

"In Pieces but Still Holding It Together." By Bouke de Vries (2020).

See more of his stuff here.

[zegalba]

Lei Xue: 'Drinking Tea' (2009)

Smashed Cans Sculpted and Hand Painted in the Traditional Style of Ming Dynasty Porcelain.

[kness]

Buns basking in the autumn sun.

Available 🐰🐰🐰

[amandasmurfee]

*throws some patterns in your face* These will all be lanyards and probably gold foil washi tape as well. Pattern inspiration from top to bottom: Ukrainian egg dying, Chinese blue porcelain, Japanese kimono motifs, the locked tomb, Norwegian rosemaling

[changan-moon]

the seal at the bottom of 瓷器 ciqi/chinese porcelain is handwritten

[niteshade925]

April 20, Beijing, China, National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆 (Part 1 - Dehua white porcelain exhibition/德化白瓷展):

Aaand finally, the National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆! I was lucky enough to see the famed Dehua white porcelain exhibition/德化白瓷展 here. Some of you may recognize some of these pieces already, since pictures and shorts of them have been circulating online way before I went on this trip, but there are many many other pieces too. The pieces I post here are only a small portion of the entire exhibition, so if you ever get a chance to see the exhibition elsewhere in person, don't hesitate. This stuff is amazing.

First up is one of the two that has been gaining popularity online, the piece named 神话 or "Legend".

The first time I saw a porcelain piece like this, I thought that the clothing part was made with paper? But no, the light fabric of the clothing, the hair, it's all porcelain. Keep in mind when looking through these pictures: every part of every piece is porcelain.

This piece is the other one that was becoming popular, the piece named simply 纸, or "Paper". If you don't look up close and see the glossy surface, you can't tell it's actually porcelain. I cannot for the life of me imagine the kind of magic that was used to turn clay into this

Anyway, this is a good point to introduce Dehua porcelain a little bit. Dehua porcelain is a regional specialty of Dehua/德化, which is located in Fujian province, and is known for its expressiveness and white color. For this reason it's also known in the West as "Blanc de Chine" (French: "white of China"), and this should be the reason why this exhibition is named 中国白, which basically means the same thing. The history of Dehua porcelain goes back to Song dynasty (960 - 1279), and it is still being produced today. Many of the pieces I'm posting here are modern pieces.

But Dehua white porcelain can be colored too (I imagine the color must be painted on later, because the white comes from the clay itself), and when it is colored, it looks like it came right out of a painting

This piece is especially amazing to me. Look at the texture, look at those details. Zoom in and you will find that there are actually a bunch of porcelain ants on this porcelain tree stump. Porcelain ants. I never expected to use porcelain as an adjective when describing ants. Wtf. It's like a manifestation of a scene from an older animated movie.

Peanuts are called 花生 in Chinese, which literally means "flower grow", and because it also has a long shelf life, it symbolizes longevity and a happy marriage. Also a fun fact: because Watson of Sherlock Holmes is usually phoenetically translated as 华生 (huá shēng) in Chinese and sounds similar to 花生 (huā shēng), you will find that many in the Chinese SH fandom refers to Watson as "peanut".

This piece is titled 春色满园, or "garden filled with spring scenery". This is also a common 4-character word used to describe gardens in spring. I'm guessing the figure depicted here is one of the flower gods. It is one of my personal favorites because of its superb depiction of movement, it's as if the flower god will really fly away on clouds at any moment

More depictions of traditional Chinese deities, specifically Chang'e/嫦娥, the moon goddess. That moon rabbit is too cute.

Depictions of what I'm assuming is the Four Heavenly Kings/四大天王, based on the items they are holding. The Four Heavenly Kings are Buddhist deities.

Look at her clothing! That porcelain is so thin it's almost see-through! Also is it depicting Li Qingzhao/李清照, the famous female poet from Song dynasty? She does have a famous ci poem that's about paddling a boat in a lake full of lotuses while drunk

The piece titled 锦绣前程, or "future as vibrant and prosperous as silk brocade". This is also a common 4-character word used in well wishing. The figure in this piece is holding a xiuqiu/绣球, a ball made of silk, which was usually seen as a token of love

Somewhat more modern-themed pieces:

Among the hundreds of amazing pieces, this one caught my attention for its unique texture. When everyone else was trying to turn the clay into these thin sheets representing fabric or paper or flower petals, this artist took the noodle approach. Not many visitors seemed to like it, but I think it's pretty cool

Piece titled 运势如虹, or "fortune like the rainbow", also a 4-character word used in well wishing. Traditionally horses symbolize vitality and success, hence why many people use the words 马到成功 ("horse's arrival brings success") and 龙马精神 ("vitality of dragons and horses") in well wishes during Year of the Horse

Stay tuned for Part 2 of the Dehua white porcelain exhibition!

[victory-ocs]

hey arcana, porcelain. what do you two think of the other kids your father is tutoring?

The taller of the duo answers first, her voice barely above a whisper.

"They are a fascinating sort, yes? Such power for their age."

She seems to ponder them for a moment more, one of her ears twitching, and her nose wiggling as she thinks.

"They are good kids. I do not know why my father worries about them so much."

It's the shorter ones turn, next. He pokes his head out from behind his sister's legs, trying to hide a burn that mars his cheek.

"We play lots..." he mumbles. "Dad doesn't like it... But they're pretty fun."

[acorviart]

made myself a little porcelain latios

the clear glaze sadly crazed but it adds a little ✨ pizzazz ✨

[dolldeadprincess]

[sunlit-mess]

Already broken