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Welcome to the Beautiful Teapots of Lloyd Chen
Lloyd Chen, officially Lo-chai Chen, obtained a B.S. degree in zoology from the National Taiwan University, a M.S. degree in fisheries biology from the University of Alaska, and then a Ph.d. in marine biology from the University of California at San Diego. He was a professor of biology at the San Diego State University from 1969 to 2001. Lloyd's area of expertise is ichthyology and aquaculture. He studies rockfishes of the North Pacific and aquaculture in China and Taiwan. Lloyd has published numerous research papers on rockfishes. For many years Lloyd served as a consultant for the World Bank on numerous aquaculture projects in China. He has authored a book Aquaculture in Taiwan. Now retired from the academic life, Lloyd calls himself a potter. I call him amazing.
Lloyd picked up ceramics as a hobby in 1991 and has been relaxing himself doing ceramics ever since. He does most every thing through throwing on the wheel, making cups, bowls, jars, vases and teapots among other things, mostly using porcelain, fired to cone 10 in iron glazes. Lloyd puts in tremendous amount of efforts in developing unique forms and styles. His wares are mostly functional but because of the fine details in the workmanship and unusual glazes he developed, they are used more often as decorative displays. Although Lloyd acquired all his ceramics skills in the United States, he was born in China and grew up in Taiwan. The oriental flavor is clearly shown in many of his pieces. Lloyd has not had much formal trainings in ceramics but has taken a course in clay and glaze technology from Dr. John Conrad at Mesa College in San Diego.
You will see below some of his outstanding work.
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Simplicity in shape and glaze.
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