Blogs from Jingdezhen , Jiangxi, China, Asia

Final 2013 entry: packing and new sculpture

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen September 22nd 2013

We packed all the work in foam and bubble wrap before contacting the local shipper man. He brought in a crate maker who made five HUGE crates to ship work back to Minnesota thanks to funding from my Minnesota State Arts Board Grant.... read more

Next to last entry from summer 2013 in Jingdezhen, China

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen September 21st 2013

Jingdezhen

Clay Guy

The summer got way from me and I could not keep up with blogging. Long 100 degree days in the studio took most of my energy and weak internet at the youth hostel made things too slow. Compound with a camera malfunction that took over two weeks to resolve left me with finishing my blog after returning home. Here we go!... read more

Half way point in for my summer in Jingdezhen

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen July 17th 2013

Jingdezhen

Clay Guy

Here is an update on my summer adventures in Jingdezhen... read more

Gaoling Shan (Kaolin Mountain)

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen July 3rd 2013

Gaoling Shan

Clay Guy

My friend Ding arranged a rental car to take my two students and JCI graduate student Lulu to Gaoling Mountain for a morning. In the small village, Dongbu, at the mountain base we heard there is now a small museum about the special kaolin clay. Excited to do research for my kaolin article.... read more

Jingdezhen, China 2013

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen June 26th 2013

Jingdezhen

Clay Guy

Next two months will be in Jingdezhen, the porcelain city of China. My home away from home. Setting up my summer temporary studio, beginning work, meeting with old friends, making new acquaintences, trips and more.... read more

China 2013 - Jingdezhen here I come again!

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen June 13th 2013

Minnesota

Clay Guy

Summer 2013. Nearly eleven weeks in China. A week visiting friends in Shenzhen/Guangzhou and then working in a Jingdezhen studio.... read more

China 2012 revisited

Asia » China » Jiangxi » Jingdezhen June 9th 2013

Flying into Beijing

Clay Guy

I never used my blog last summer. Looking back I realize it is a good memory jogging tool for me as well as sharing with friends. Even though now June 9, 2013 I am going to enter a 2012 experience summary, then start with my experience while presently in China.... read more

Brief history of China

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...more history

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