Ancient Kiln Museum

Ancient Kiln Site

Sunday is holiday and we decided, despite the heat, to make a trip out to the ancient kiln site museum. It was 50 yuan to get in, expensive by Jingdezhen standards, but it was worth every yuan. the grounds were immaculately kept and the buildings and plants were amazing. I could have stayed there the entire day. Along with ancient kilns there were some amazing buildings and shrines. There was also a lot of blue and white porcelain being sold. The ticket taker quickly ushered us into the main gift shop before we went anywhere inside the museum.

Yu Zhou Factory

I made a morning trip to the Yu Zhou factory to look around. I think it might be my favorite factory i have been to. The streets are mazes of workshops and houses. It was immensely fun getting lost in the winding allies, paths and streets. Also, any trip that starts and ends with a ride on a motorcycle taxi is sure to be a good time.

Potter on the roof

Photos of the Jingdezhen landscape from atop a building in the sculpture factory. Damn, I loaded these photos and they almost seamlessly join together.

The Great Wall Of The PWS

The 2 Chimneys Educational Space at the Pottery workshop is a multipurpose space that offers studio rentals, classes, lectures and more. Because of its need for flexibility and its diverse use I was asked to come up with a movable wall design to be built so that the space can be divided up and readjusted if needed. I have attached the plan that I created on the computer and a photo of it in process. We took the plans to the welder, he made the base and today the carpenter came an constructed the frame. For the majority of the frame he made it using traditional joining techniques. I think there was a total of 8 nails involved in the making.

fourth of july festivities at WVU-JCI

The new group coming to jingdezhen through WVU invited some of us lowais over for a 4th of july lunch. they made potato salad, frenchfries, chicken and a whole lot more. We also had some fireworks. All in all it was your typical 4th celebration but only in china.

Over glaze workshop

Some of us went to an overglaze painting workshop right outside of the sculpture factory. They had amazing skills. While in the show room I asked the attendant if I could take one of the postcards and she gave me a tote bag with a really nice catalog of the work being made there. I felt bad because not only did I have no intention of buying but I had to leave after a short time to meet some of the staff at Jingdezhen univ to play Basketball.

Basketball was awesome and I will play next week, maybe I will remember to take some photos.