The Old Pottery Factory in Jingdezhen
During my vist to China this year, after finishing my research in Shuiji, I went to Jingdezhen to catch up with some friends and to do some futher research...
Big pot making at the Royal China Pottery in Jingdezhen, Jianxi, China
We had a pretty successful time making pots in Jingdezhen, and as everything went well, we had some spare time whilst waiting for kilns to cool, so...
Throwing and Turning in Jingdezhen
In my third visit to Jingdezhen in China, my main focus was to make pots and to explore the very special pottery traditions, materials and tools that...
Big pot making in Jingdezhen
During a visit to Jingdezhen in May this year, Steve Harrison and I took tome off from making pots from hard paste porcelain clay to visit this workshop....
The 80th Anniversary of J M Plumer''s Journey to Shuiji Zhen
It was the Plumer’s book that intrigued me most. Online searches indicated there were only two copies of Plumer’s book in libraries in Australia and...
The Sweet Spot - Works of Contemplation, Desire and Fulfilment
“In making beautiful objects for use I am attempting to transcend the banality of everyday life as it may sometimes be experienced. I want the objects...