Notes from Dehua
What actually happens on this street
Short, practical notes written for overseas buyers of custom white porcelain — the parts that don't make it into a factory brochure.
How to read a Dehua quotation without overpaying
Most workshops here quote one bundled number. Here is the four-part structure to ask for instead, and the four extras that reappear on almost every quotation in this county.
Read the noteIn the works
- ToolingThe mould you paid for is not automatically yours
- QualityA, B, C: grading a fired batch in twenty minutes
Notes are written as orders come in, not on a publishing schedule.
The whole method, in one file
Seven parts, sixteen forms, two free chapters — the Handbook collects what these notes are drawn from.