He was already experimenting with purely artistic teapots, but in fact he had not gone into pottery with the idea of making teapots at all. He wanted to do ceramic art, no matter what the form.
儘管當時他已開始嘗試做非實用性茶壺──拋開所有的實用性，讓「茶壺」只是一個創作的體材，但從事陶藝創作才是他投入陶藝界的目的。