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FERMATA / OBJECTS FOR RITUALTEAPHONIC · QI WEIZHONG

A SELECTION BY FERMATA

Leaf
& clay.

Ancient-tree tea. Hand-built zisha. Chosen for the way they are made, and the moments they make possible.

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A branch of ancient-tree tea held in the light, from Teaphonic’s Lao Banzhang series
FIELD NOTES / LAO BANZHANG

THE ART OF COMPOSITION

Distinct voices. A shared sensibility.

Teaphonic composes tea as musicians bring distinct voices into balance. Qi Weizhong works through the tension between a plane and a curve. FERMATA brings these practices to the same table.

01 / TEAPHONIC

Two compositions.

Ao, Opus 6. Ji, Opus 7. Two expressions of ancient-tree Pu’er from Teaphonic’s Black Gold collection.

Ao, an unwrapped cake held in the hand
LEAF / FORM / THE HANDOPUS 06

TEAPHONIC / 06

Ao

Duo for Banzhang Ancient Tea Trees

Two trees. Two voices. A character held between them.

A first-spring raw Pu’er composition from two ancient trees: a sweet-tea tree in Laomane and a native Banzhang tree. The maker takes inspiration from Kodály’s duo for violin and cello, refining the interaction between two strongly individual sources.

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Price upon inquiryThe tea with its musical scoreKODÁLY / DUO
Ji, its whole-leaf structure revealed
LEAF / FORM / THE HANDOPUS 07

TEAPHONIC / 07

Ji

Triple Concerto for Laobanzhang Ancient Tea Trees

Bitterness, fragrance, sweetness. Three voices in concert.

From three distinct plots in the core Old Banzhang tea area, spring leaves from Man’e, Pasha and native Banzhang trees are prepared separately, then blended. Beethoven’s Triple Concerto gives the work its structure: three characters, each distinct, held together in proportion.

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Price upon inquiryThe tea with its musical scoreBEETHOVEN / TRIPLE CONCERTO
Walking through a forest stream in the Teaphonic tea-growing region
TEAPHONIC / NOTES FROM THE TEA FOREST

BEFORE THE COMPOSITION

The forest comes first.

The shape of a leaf. The character of a tree. Before the blending, there is the patient work of knowing the source.

Mist across the hills in Teaphonic’s Banzhang field record
BANZHANG / YUNNAN

02 / QI WEIZHONG

Between plane
and curve.

A lid, a spout, a line in profile. Qi Weizhong’s hand-built vessels make geometry something to hold.

Qi Weizhong’s zisha vessels in an exhibition setting
QI WEIZHONG / AN EXHIBITION IN FORM

FOUR STUDIES IN FORM

A square. A facet. A ridge. A measured volume.

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THE MAKER

Qi Weizhong

Born in Yixing in 1961, Qi Weizhong has worked in zisha since the 1980s. A student of Xu Hantang, he is described in the exhibition catalog as a third-generation practitioner of the Gu Jingzhou lineage.

Works from the 2025 exhibition catalog. Selected and presented by FERMATA.

03 / THE COLLECTION

The complete selection.

PERSONAL INQUIRIES

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