The final hurrah August 7th 2010 My last entry for this summer's blog will be images of sculpture I made this summer and a few videos.
I have been working in the studio for the past four summers learning new techniques and how to use the amazing porcelain from Jingdezhen. This work has expanded to using a stoneware clay from Anhui Province. I now have over forty pieces in storage, waiting for my exhibition next summer at the ... read more
Asia » China » Jiangxi 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
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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More is more!
Who says less is more? I say more is more. This piece is great. Cheers!