Professor Gary Erickson, Art Department - Ceramics, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN has been traveling to China for nine years. He has done artist residencies at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China and now rents his own studio in town. Summer 2011 he had a solo exhibition of his sculptural work at the Jingdezhen International Academy of Ceramics gallery. He received a 2013 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant to ship work back to Minnesota for a fall exhibition at Concordia University in St. Paul. This will be the first time he has shown his Jingdezhen crea... full info
Jingdezhen7:00am outside my youth hostel window. No sleeping in as wall are being sledge hammered, nailing and lots of chatter between workers.
JingdezhenShannon Sullivan who teaches in California but originally from Wisconsin. I surprised my new friend with a Baraboo Candy Cowpie chocolate treat!
JingdezhenOut dancing with West Virginia summer students in Jingdezhen.
JingdezhenThe side street has fruit and vegetable vendors.
JingdezhenWalking back to the studio the early morning watermelon vendors are set up for the day.
JingdezhenWalking to the back gate other vendors set up temporary for the day. I bought a great butcher knife for $4.
JingdezhenThe sculpture factory area street is still lined by small shops selling pottery, jewelry, jewelry hardware, traditional sculpture, mold makers, glazers, a couple small restaurants, studios, the Potteryworkshop and the youth hostel. Very good area to live and work.
JingdezhenSculptures being glazed at a small studio two doors down from my rented space. Sometimes they spray the glaze outside which drives me nuts as we walk through it each day.
JingdezhenThe one sculpture is in a timeout and has to face the building away from the others.
JingdezhenMy new molds are coming in handy. Instead of making two forms a day I now can make twelve. I have an installation planned with these pieces.
JingdezhenLunch at Coohoo Park. A basement establishment with about a dozen choices for food. Nearly everyone includes Manguo Bing (Mango and shaved ice)
JingdezhenWalking down the open market street we stumble upon an abandoned pair of shoes. A heal broke and the woman apparently just slipped them off and walked away.
