Xu Xiaodan

Craft artist, rural revitalization craftsman

Jiangsu Province May Day Innovation Expert

Yixing May Day Female Model was born in 1981 and is a native of Yixing, Jiangsu. She started learning and working in the purple clay teapot industry in 2011, under the guidance of Mr. Fan Zefeng, a senior craftsman and master of ceramic art in Jiangsu Province. She is skilled in making clay teapots and adheres to original design. Her works mainly focus on ribbed vessels, and she has won numerous awards in all handicraft competitions. In 2013, the work "Gouyun Shidi Pot" won the second prize in the Yixing City Handmade Pot Competition;

In 2015, the work "Kui Ruyi Lifting the Pot" won the Silver Award in the "Jingzhou Cup" Pot Making Competition;

In 2016, the work "Fan Hua Si Jin Ti Liang" won the second prize in the Yixing City Handmade Pot Making Competition;

In 2018, the work "Jin · Moonlight Ripples" won the second prize in the Yixing Handmade Pot Competition;

In 2021, the work "Narcissus Holding a Pot" won the "Hope Cup" for vocational skills in the ceramic industry in Jiangsu Province and the second prize in the Yixing City Handmade Pot Competition;

In 2022, the work "Boundless Set" won the first prize in the "Green Electric Cup" Handmade Pottery Competition;

Received the honorary title of May Day Innovation Expert in Jiangsu Province in 2021;

In 2022, she was awarded the honorary title of "May Day Women's Model" in Yixing City; The work "Seizing the Time" won the first prize in the second "Shushan Cup" Purple Sand Industry Vocational Skills Competition in Jiangsu Province in 2023.

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