Cities and workshopsKaiping, Guangdong

Kapi.

Sze Yup Family Letter Collector

Keeps copies of family postcards in a separate envelope; the story concerns the memory of correspondence, not an invented shared genealogy.

Explore the looks
02 looksXinhui ganpu: a mandarin shell from Xinhui, filled with pu-erh from Yunnan
Look 01Contemporary local outfit

Cultural context

Siyi / Sze Yup

TEA.TOYS / Design story

From idea to toy

Overview ↗
  1. 01Character briefDocumented
  2. 02Original drawingNot yet documented
  3. 03Drawing processNot yet documented
  4. 04AI draftsDocumented
  5. 05Early prototypeNot yet documented
  6. 06Current artworkDocumented
  7. 07Digital 3DDocumented · 3/3
  8. 08Print preparationNot yet documented
  9. 09Physical sampleNot yet documented
  10. 10PackagingNot yet documented
  11. 11ReleaseIn preparation

No original drawing has been linked to this character yet.

AI drafts

Kapi · AI drafts 1
AI drafts · 01

AI draft: the original file metadata identifies ChatGPT / gpt-image and records 14 October 2026. This is not a verified hand-drawn original.

Digital images and renders are not photographs of manufactured toys. Physical production and sales are not confirmed by this page.

Kapi / Collection

The looks02

01 Look
Front

A letter with a mandarin: a cropped faded-indigo jacket, a large rounded belt bag, sandy trousers and soft chunky boots. The left paw holds the bag while the right presses an imagined letter close; a tea-filled mandarin is visible in its own protected compartment, its little lid touching the fruit.

Xinhui ganpu: a mandarin shell from Xinhui, filled with pu-erh from Yunnan
02 Look
Front

Mandarin tea at home: a short ochre shirt with a chocolate collar and cream trousers. One paw supports a dry mandarin shell filled with pu-erh; the other lifts its little lid slightly, keeping it in contact with the fruit. No water, bag or letter.

Xinhui ganpu: a mandarin shell from Xinhui, filled with pu-erh from Yunnan

00 / Original form

Character starts with form.

An elongated, asymmetric amber-and-cream oval head, with the left cheek fuller than the right. Two small, thick tea buds at the back grow from one base, without a long stem. An elongated torso, broad short paws and feet. Dark-tea eyes open to different degrees and a friendly crooked smile.