The Artisan: Jiang Yi-Fan on a Lifetime of Making Tea Vessels

Jiang Yi-Fan has spent 20 years in his Puli workshop, hand-throwing and wood-firing ceramic teaware. He came to clay via woodworking, and to teaware via a deep, almost obsessive love of drinking tea. "A good teapot doesn't show off," he told us. "It gets out of the way and lets the tea speak." It's a philosophy that resonates — and explains why his pieces sell out every time.