Jingdezhen

There are four public kilns that I know of in the sculpture factory area. They fire nearly everyday so load by 2:00pm and you pick them up at 10:00am. But bring gloves as the kiln is just opened and people are unloading their pieces very, very hot.

Half way point in for my summer in Jingdezhen

July 17th 2013
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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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Clay Guy in China

Clay Guy

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

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