48 Days to Residency.

I know it has been a while since I have Posted but I have very busy back & forth with the Residency, Artists etc organising, organising and organising.

There is actually quite a lot work involved getting all the details for the New Residency organised and  everything is now hunky dory. This is a new experience for all the members of my Group and I know that they will get ITCHY feet and want to return to China sometime in the future.  

Now we are just counting down the days when we will be in Xindu producing our Artwork.

It is all very Exciting.

Ellen & Yeats are organised for their Tour before the Residency. They now have their Visa's, so they are just waiting to get on their Flight to China.  I will hopefully have photos of their Tour to Download when we meet up at Jingdezhen.

The photos below are of the Bottle Factory in Jingdezhen. About 30,000 Rice Wine bottles & more are made daily in the Factory.

Since this visit in 2009 the Factory has been enlarged.

Our Group will visit this Factory while in Jingdezhen.

This is Mr. Bottle (A nick Name for the owner of the Bottle Factory) and my husband Roy.

Another photo outside the Factory

Bottles drying awaiting Decoration.

Ding Ding talking to our guide

These have been taken out of the Moulds.

Pouring Slip into the Moulds

Turning the Bottles

Applying Underglaze Decals

Applying Wax Resist

Glazing

Finished Bottle 

Another Finished Bottle

On the Trolly waiting to be unloaded.

Another Level of the Factory

Packed up & Ready to go

Ding Ding checking out some detail.

Blue on White Brushwork

Glazing

Another nice Bottle

Waiting to be Glazed

Finished Bottle

Show Room (A bit dark)

Showroom

Collections of Past Works in the Showroom

Showroom Piece

Showroom Piece

The Lady lifts off for the Lid to this Rice Wine Bottle

Cute Panda Bear Rice Wine Bottles

This Beautiful Sculpture is in the Foyer to the Showroom

Large Bottle. waiting to be Glazed

 VIDEO OF THE DAY

 A  short Video of the BOTTLE FACTORY

61 Days to Residency.

Hotels & Flights all Booked.  We are just waiting for D-Day. October 2nd we will be in Jingdezhen and settling in.

We are awaiting confirmation from 2 other possible Artists and their partners whom are sorting out things so they be will able  to travel with us.

New Area of Studios for Ceramic Artists

in Jingdezhen

Ceramic Artist Kiu Yingrui

Such a beautiful piece - Celadon Glaze on Porcelain

A Close-up

Another artist working with Porcelain Lights.

 Another Light with beautiful Brushwork.

Several glazes

68 Days to Residency.

BLUE & WHITE FACTORY - JINGDEZHEN

 LAMP POSTS FOR THE STREETS OF JINGDEZHEN

 CARVED PORCELAIN POTS

 BLUE ON WHITE BRUSHWORK

 BLUE ON WHITE BRUSHWORK - HORSE

 BLUE ON WHITE ARTIST

 ARTIST

VIDEO FOR TODAY

MAKING LARGE TILES IN THE TILE FACTORY AREA

69 Days (10 weeks) to Residency.

The Phoenix Ceramic & Art Residency (Translated) Website:

We are slowly getting all the info to Apply for our China Visa.

All Flights and Accommodation have been Booked.

Yeats & Ellen will tour of China before the Residency and meet us in Jingdezhen October 2nd.

John & Carolyn will visit a Village/Orphanage in northern Thailand on their way home.  

Norman & Robin will spend a week travelling in China then flying off to Italy after the Residency. 

Mieke will arrive earlier in Shanghai to check out the site & tours.
Roy  & Myself  will be in Jingdezhen till Nov 4th then we will Cruise down the Yangtze to Shanghai.

Piece of my work in the Foyer of the Phoenix Offices

George Clooney on the Big Screen

Lucky Stone in the Yu Garden

Oldest Street in Shanghai

Crooked Bridge in Yu Garden Shanghai

                                                  Tai Chi in the Park in Shanghai

 JINGDEZHEN

Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair Opening

Blue on White Brushwork. (Qing Hua) 

Cute Twins at a Museum In Jingdezhen

VIDEO OF THE DAY

Rolling Slabs in the Tile Factory area - Jingdezhen

Ancient Kiln Site - Jingdezhen