Here are a hand-pinched teapot and cup in the form and texture of dried red dates. The shape is primitive and natural, with the beauty of wabi-sabi. The set is made of local brown clay, the cherry red colour coming from a copper red glaze, self-formulated ash glaze and reduction firing.

This hand-pinched tea set embodies a ruddy kingfisher standing on a rock in the woods. Made with local white clay, the colours of dark rusty-orange colour and natural earthy brown are obtained through a copper red glaze, self-formulated ash glaze and reduction firing.

The mud teapot is made using Singapore brown clay and the hand-pinched technique. It is glazed with red iron oxide and a self-made ash glaze. The texture of the body is rough but delicate, and it complements the various hues of brown and the copper handle.

Using Singapore mixed clay and hand pinched into shape, this Rainfall chawan is like an abstract work of art, every angle is atypical and expressive. The colours of brown and grey, derived from copper red and ash glazes and reduction firing, change hue when exposed to light.

Alvin Ng specialises in upcycling and re-imagining broken tableware. By grinding and mixing broken tableware into Singapore mixed clay, this o_pot chawan clearly shows the material of the old tableware through its elegant forms and nuanced colours.