JINGDEZHEN CERAMIC RESIDENCY - October 2012

37 Days (5 weeks) to Residency.

Artists from the Sunshine Coast are:        

Robyn Gill - Australian Coordinator

Ellen Appleby,   Norman Dobson,   Yeats Gruin,    Linda Perry,   

                                  Carolyn Ritchie,     John Ritchie ,         Mieke van Sambeeck                                                                                                                                                                                    

2 New Additions are:                     Ellen Vasiliauskas,        Lindi Drew                                                                                                                                      

I am Back.  Have been very busy again organising the Residency I seem to be spending a lot of time on the Laptop - emails- emails.

We have  two new Artists travelling with us which is now a Total of 13 from Oz.  9 Artists - 2 partners plus Roy & Myself.

I will be half way to Shanghai this time in 5 weeks.

As Ellen A, Ellen V & Yeats will be touring before the Residency I will add some photos of some of the sites they will most likely visit.


Huangshan, is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. The range is composed of material that was uplifted from an ancient sea during the Mesozoic era, 100 million years ago.
Elevation:               1861 mHighest Point:         Xuelian Feng

Roy & I spent 7.5 hrs walking the Mountain. Climbing & Decending many Very Steep areas.

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS ARE OF OUR CLIMB AND OF COURSE IT WAS RAINING

VIEW FROM THE CHAIRLIFT

MENG & HAO
Friends of Wenying. We had a great time travelling  together 

ROY - EVERYONE HAS A PHOTO TAKEN IN FRONT THE FAMOUS TREE

MENG & HAO

 ONE OF THE CLIMBS

THIS WEEK WAS A CHINESE HOLIDAY

ANOTHER CLIMB

 ALMOST TO THE TOP of THIS PART - MENG

 EACH TOUR GROUP HAD DIFFERENT HATS

              THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS WERE TAKEN 2008 ON A CLEAR DAY

 THESE GUYS CARRY LOADS ON YELLOW MOUNTAIN

This is hard work