Zhou Yue said that ciireals come from Cereal, meaning "a relaxed and natural life that is both pleasant and sincere." If you follow his social media account, you must know that what he said is true. A potter who loves plants and a flower grower who likes to "play with mud", should be the most appropriate footnote in this state.
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ciireals is a handmade flower pot brand managed by Zhou Yue. Each of the freshly produced and "rich-tasting" flower pots corresponds to an interesting name. "Overnight Maifen" is paired with blue and gray, covered with the patterns of Maifen cake paper cups. The delicate cracks on the surface of the clay imitate the white flora. The regular instrument shape can accept plants with various shapes of fangs and claws to balance visual conflicts. "Fish-eye candy" is like two milky donuts stacked together, and the colorful small mud balls on the side wall are like fish-eye candy balls I often eat when I was a child. It is most suitable to pair it with a slender, swaying and rich colored Monstera . "rain on me raindrops" are all black, but soft ceramic sky blue raindrops scattered around, turning the stickiness of the plum rainy season into freshness, and integrating with the solid little pine nuts... Plants, life observation, imagination and artistic practice seem to be able to be placed in a small flower pot.
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In my opinion, playing with mud is the same as flower arrangement and plant cultivation. It also integrates aesthetics and creation two most infectious human behaviors that can stimulate the secretion of dopamine . Added together, isn’t it a healing force to be full? For Zhou Yue, it seems that this is true. Ciireals represents the fusion of two indispensable dimensions in his current life. "The Niba Experiment is the inspiration and medium for my creation. Plants give me a healthier and happier mood to continue working. Moreover, in the process of using plants to test the flower pots, new ideas about function, shape, color, clay status, and matching will continue to emerge." However, healing is only the A side of this work, and its B side requires professional judgment and firm and independent aesthetics.
For example, regarding function: "The flower pot with glaze is less breathable, while the red pot with bare pot or anti-alkali are better breathable. There is no need to worry about root rot, and it is easier to integrate into the environment quickly."
For example, regarding matching: "The most versatile ones are earth-colored pots. If you like flower pots with a strong sense of shape, you can choose plants with similar feelings or similar colors based on the shape and color of the flower pot. The matching part is actually very personal and has a lot to do with the overall space style. I personally recommend that 80%-90% of the pots be matched with relatively integrated into the environment, and about 10% or even less are relatively fun and will give the entire space personality."
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Zhou Yue described his creation process as a mud experiment, "Every time you open a kiln, you will have clearer ideas and ideas, so you basically don't do any product design. You just play until you finally find that a certain mud material is particularly suitable for what shape it is, or it is particularly in line with a story you want to tell, and then do a specific design."
play and experiment, pointing to dangerous areas full of uncertainty in life, often exuding irresistible temptation. It means choice, which means that the idea that originally suspended and caused some anxiety caused by suspension has finally come to an end and has a beginning. Is it also a kind of "play and experiment" to plant the next seed, plant a seedling, or take the first step in the face of anything else? In this way, plants and everything around plants are learning to face new life and death, failure and restart, uncertainty and certain uncertainty.
Holding the big heart of being a farmer, you may get a fruit, or a stone, a piece of mud, a poem, a delicacy, a bird, and of course it may also be a flower.
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