Rotterdam-based artist Ruohong Wu aims to attach a new meaning to the phrase "made in China" by using the country's infamous mass-production methods to create unique porcelain vessels.
In a bid to prove that mass-produced objects don't have to be devoid of individuality, Wu has created a collection of slip-cast porcelain objects using recomposed moulds taken from the streets of China.

The project, called All Different All Equal, was born after Wu took a trip to Jing De Zhen ? a city in China's northeastern Jiangxi province, also known as the "capital of porcelain".
Expecting to talk to experienced craftsmen and become acquainted with the traditional techniques of porcelain making, Wu was surprised to instead find "abandoned factories, struggling makers and a huge amount of cheap souvenirs laid out on side streets waiting for buyers".
She wanted to design a set of objects that would reflect this contradiction ? that China is both a country known for its quality, age-old crafts, but also for its abundance of mass-produced, novelty objects.
"After 1,700 years of producing extremely sophisticated pieces under the request of the king, artisans started to struggle with defining their value in the communist society," explained China-born Wu.
"Many of them are forced by the market to make cheap souvenirs using mass-production methods," she continued. "Artisans often consider modern methods as standard and cheap, and at the ...