Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Vase finally done! My EMAIL ADDY

That vase that i had shown a picture of is finally as well as a couple of other things so take a quick peek and tell me what you think. 
 
For all of you that don't have my email and wanna get a hold of me its napoleondd86@hotmail.com   Feel free to shoot me an email however long or short i read them all and really enjoy getting them if you want to send them.
Xie Xie (thank you)
Kurt


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Broken all to #%*@


Broken all to #%*@
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Plate


Plate
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Soda Fired


Soda Fired
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Saturday evening with Qiyi and friends

On saturday evening me and Jufang went to visit a friend of mine named Qiyi (chee yee) who is super awesome.  We went to his place which is the entire basement of an apartment, cement floors except his room.  I will go back and take photos because my explanation is not doing justice but i can tell you that the view he wakes up to in the morning is simply breath taking.  Oh and he built his own wood kiln in his place as well We had tea at his place and then went to a restaurant for "hot pot" which is basically a hot-plate in the middle of the table and they bring all of these different foods and you put it into the boiling broth.  It was a really good time
Peace Love and Harmony
Kurt


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Hot spot with friends


Hot spot with friends
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Hot pot with friends


Hot pot with friends
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11-12-09 to 11-14-09 Wood Kiln Round 2

Well what do you know its still raining! and we are loading the wood kiln.  It was a fiasco from the begining with all the rain, we burnt a lot of wood that was really really wet but these things happen to say the least.  He started loading later than we had wanted to but this happens when people are glazing when loading should be happening, myself included.  We had it loaded by 230am and had it bricked up by 4 am.  All together it fired for 37 hours, we didn't get it to the temp that we had wanted partially due to the wet wood and we also ran out of wood all together, except for some pieces that needed to be split as they wouldn't fit through the stoke hole.  Needless to say the last portion of the firing was a tired one.  We ended up quiting on a low note, with low expectations of results.
love from the land of the Red
Kurt


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Stoking



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Tired


Tired
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Me and my Hairstylist


Me and my Hairstylist
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Raking coals



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We Even Built a Lean-too



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Wet Beginings



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11-12-09 Real or Fake Factory

Today we went to this Factory with our history professor, where they make all traditional Jingdezhen ceramics using the tradional methods that they used hundreds of years ago.  They had thrower, trimmer, and a small army of decorators doing everything from Blue and White to Famili Rose among other things.  Apparently the pots that come from this factory are so close to the real ones made hundreds of years ago many experts can't even tell the difference and they often get sold as fakes.  It was a wonderful place and my battery in my camera decided to take a crap half way through.
Later


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11-11-09 Knock knock, someone called for delivery?

One ton of porcelain clay delivered $70.  My only question is who is that guy in the truck stealing this clay from?  One of the men had an umbrella hat, BRILLIANT!!
Peace
Kurt


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11-10-09 The Begining of the wet and Cold

Today was the first of many cold and very wet days to come, on the plus side nobody heats their buildings :)  The bad thing is this weather is putting  real damper on productivity in the studio.  Temperatures are in the 40's but as the week goes on snow comes.  I miss grand forks for the heat, its official!
Stay warm
Kurt


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11-9-09 Soda Fire Goodness



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From the soda super small


From the soda
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