A boxy blue work shirt, rust-coloured shorts and chequerboard slip-ons; checks the white seal inside a flask lid being held.
Cities and workshopsSanming, Fujian
Neighbourhood Flask Repairer.
Repairs flask lids and replaces friends’ lost seals for free.
Cultural context
Central Min communities
Neighbourhood Flask Repairer / Collection
The looks03
A yellow sleeveless waffle-knit top, soft lilac trousers and navy slippers; pours personal tea from a flask into a cup.
The Neighbourhood Flask Repairer from Sanming checks that the tea filter is seated in the neck of a blue Zojirushi mug. The lid is held in the other paw, with nothing laid out alongside. The personally purchased tea labelled Jin Jun Mei sits beneath the filter.
00 / Original form
Character starts with form.
A tall, rounded olive cylinder of a head, with a soft tea-cork grain on the side, a smooth, pale facial area and large green eyes. A short natural shoot with a bud behind the right shoulder, and a very compact, sturdy body.



