Master Yu is a traditional Lacquer inheritor and master of the craft, residing in a very neat and humble 3 story building in Baiyangping Town, about 30 kms from Enshi, Hubei Province. He has been doing lacquerware from lacquer essence extracted from local forests since he was a child, and he is a courteous and welcoming host to strangers, curious people and scholars alike. His pieces speak of time immemorial, have the subtle appearence of nature, and the always variating nuances of deep sea, a twilight at the heart of summer, and the magical reflections of a leaf's radiance. They are so thin that seem immaterial, and every inclination of light reveals on them a different hue, an ever-changing hue. In addition, his wife makes by hands, a beautiful, sweet, nuts' flavored, green tea in the early days of Spring, around the Qing Ming festival. We will send you some of it to try along with the lacquer cups.