Jingdezhen street

Getting settled into Jingdezhen

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July 13th 2011
On my first full day in Jingdezhen I tried getting settled into my new surroundings at the Pottery Workshop. This artist residency is located within a industrial part of the city where many local people work in ceramics. Mold makers, prototype makers, underglaze and overglaze makers, wheel throwers, slip casters, kiln operators and clay makers almost every part of the ceramic process is someones ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangxi

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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