In china, for 4 1/2 American Dollar you can get your hair washed which includes a from the arms up massage, ITS AMAZING
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Lunch in Yixing
We went to lunch with this man who was showing us around parts of yixing and he is the #2 for this extremely famous teapot maker named Ge Jun
Ceramic Expo
This is just part of the section from Yixing, they had works from all over the entire country
Monday, October 12, 2009
WE WANPHOTOS AND YOU TO SHUT UP!!!!
Sunday: I do aim to please as always and i had such an awesome trip to Sanbao the little working ceramic village that i uploaded all these photos for you guys. The plan as far as i knew was to bicycle to this village look around and come back. The Trip was so amazing we went past Sanbao (A WAYS!!), up the mountain(in 40 minutes) and down(less than 2 MIN'S!!, straight down hill, probably should have died) to this big reservoir that is pretty dry because lack of recent rain, to this little vilage and back again. Everything was great I am going to go back to the reservoir and spend a whole day there. Everything was amazing check out the photos!!!
Today/Monday: I spent the whole day and went to a shop where Mr. Zhan was working and watched him throw (and drank coffee), trying to fill in some gaps that i currently have in my abilities. When looking at the photos keeping in mind that he only threw for 5 hours, thats it. It was really good.
Rest of the Week: This will probably be my last post until i get back from Yixing which we will be leaving for Wednesday morning until sometime Sunday. Its going to be amazing, this is the home of the handmade teapots, I will take lots of photos and videos and explain everything from there. Have a great week and you will hear from me in 5 days!
Holla, Kurt
P.S. Sorry if the photos are out of order
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Today/Monday: I spent the whole day and went to a shop where Mr. Zhan was working and watched him throw (and drank coffee), trying to fill in some gaps that i currently have in my abilities. When looking at the photos keeping in mind that he only threw for 5 hours, thats it. It was really good.
Rest of the Week: This will probably be my last post until i get back from Yixing which we will be leaving for Wednesday morning until sometime Sunday. Its going to be amazing, this is the home of the handmade teapots, I will take lots of photos and videos and explain everything from there. Have a great week and you will hear from me in 5 days!
Holla, Kurt
P.S. Sorry if the photos are out of order
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Hammermill
This is a water-powered Hammermill and its used to pulverize the Kaolin that Jingdezhen and the surrounding areas are known for
Saggars
They make these saggars for pots but mostly for this material that they put inside of the side and fire to a certain point
Up Hill
More on the way to the destination. I estimate we biked (one way) anywhere from 5 - 10 miles on and down mountains
Restaurant floor
In Jingdezhen you can find Ancient porcelain shards all over the place yet this is still impressive. They went and got all these ancient shards, all of which are at least a couple hundred years old but more often six or more hundred and they are using them as tiles
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Salty, Smoky, and Sweet: 10 Top Bacon Recipes
Today i had a great day, went to the art fair which is every saturday a whole bunch of students and artists exhibit their work and it is for sale, it was the first one that i had been to and it was really quite fun and interesting. It was a really good work day and i am excited to get back into the studio tomorrow, it will be great.
Tomorrow in the morning we are going to ride bicycles to this local ceramic village called Sanbao will check that out, have lunch their and will get back to the studio after that, i am very excited, it should be amazing as always and i will post tomorrow.
Lastly i will be catching up for the next week or so on pictures and videos that i want to post from earlier, i just received a bunch of stuff from other people that i will be posting, so keep that in mind. As always, Kurt IN CHINA!!!!
P.S. i thoroughly enjoyed this when i saw this and wanted to share it
http://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/top-bacon-recipes?GT1=47001
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Tomorrow in the morning we are going to ride bicycles to this local ceramic village called Sanbao will check that out, have lunch their and will get back to the studio after that, i am very excited, it should be amazing as always and i will post tomorrow.
Lastly i will be catching up for the next week or so on pictures and videos that i want to post from earlier, i just received a bunch of stuff from other people that i will be posting, so keep that in mind. As always, Kurt IN CHINA!!!!
P.S. i thoroughly enjoyed this when i saw this and wanted to share it
http://www.delish.com/recipes/cooking-recipes/top-bacon-recipes?GT1=47001
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Another wonderful day
The photos that i took and posted are pretty much self explanatory. Today we went to the big vase factory and of course it was super ridiculous as it is in China. There were these work shops in this place and the major part of the factory was no longer there is what Aaron said however it was still really good. Everyone of these super huge gi-mongo pot were hand decorated thrown and trimmed. They attach all of the sections together when the pieces are bone dry. Also there was this place where they were making small pieces as well, little hand decorated teacups and what not, translucent and gorgeous. The trimmer with the amazingly immense pile of trimmings. BY the way, i can officially dry trim so i am very excited about that! The pots that are put together with scaffolding yet not one machine to move these pieces around, all moved with straps and manpower, extremely crazy. I also went to the mold maker today to try and make a press mold of a new idea that i am trying to resolve, we will see how it works, but the mold looks beautiful, so we will see, if it works i will definitely take some photos. Tonight we went to the artist lecture at the Pottery workshop, an Australian lady whom did work about the Israel Palestinian conflict stuff. It was good and interesting, and of course free beer afterwards. HOlla from China! Kurt
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Guy On Moped
Check out that guy on the moped, i know that they carry everything on these things and also drive like maniacs but that is ridiculous
View from Mountain
This place is absolutely beautiful, everything i see here is magnificent, just another view up the mountain
A good morning
These are all sections of bigger pots, they will all be trimmed and then assembled bone dry
Trimmer big vase factory
this man was trimming what i think were sinks, just check out that pile of trimmings, if just one person back in the states collected all of his trimming for an entire year they would be hard pressed to equal this from one morning
Big Vase Factory
This is at the big vase factory, check out those pot compared to that door frame and yes it is a full size door frame
Thursday, October 8, 2009
My New Wheels and Mr Jin's finshed pots
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Saturday, October 3, 2009
Chinese Store
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Holiday Excitement
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FISHING IN CHINA!
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Mr Jin, Fishing, Gate Keeper, and National Holiday
On wednesday Mr. Jin came to demonstrate how to make coil built pots. He was really cool and amazing at it, hopefully my computer will work and i can upload a video soon, its currently efforting but i have my doubts. Hey makes it look incredibly easy and it definitely isn't because i tryed.
Thursday, Mr Jin did the middle sections of his pots and it also was the national holiday which is the 60 year anniversary which was crazy because in Beijing they had this huge parade where they drove all of their huge military vehicles and planes and ships in a big demonstration basically about the Chinese strength. I thought that it was kinda dumba because it reminded me of a pissing contest, China trying to show that they have the biggest. I eventually watched it in the gatekeeper's hut on a little 9in black and white tv. Then that night we as a group went to this little pond that they stock fish in, little carp looking fish. So i officially have been fishing in China. It was a lot of fun however Bob caught all the fish, so major blow to all of our egos.
Friday Mr jin Finished the last of his pots (i forgot to take a picture will be up tomorrow) and then he left. It was pretty much just a work day.
Today i slept in for the first time since being here, til 930, i think that is pretty much a record for me now. Then i went and walked down the gallery street and talked to some people, did a little soul searching/aesthetic searching, drank some tea got to the studio and started working on a new project for me which i will have to see how it turns out, but i am excited about. Tomorrow another work day and then into next week, it sure seems to go fast around here. Lots of love
Kurt
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
LEARNING!
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