Activity and Show
New Book and New Ceramic Art by Guangzhen Po Zhou
The Artwork Exhibitions in San Jose and San Francisco
The Enamel Age-Shanghai Nostalgia, Ceramics by Guangzhen Zhou
August 28-September 3 2010
August 27, 7-9 pm, Opening Reception 8:00 - 8:30 pm, Slides Lecture "Life and Art during the Enamel Age"
ClayGround 1155 S. De Anza Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95129
Tel. 408-343-3919
www.ChineseClayArt.com
Email: ChineseclayArt@hotmail.com
The new book-autobiography by Guangzhen Po Zhou, titled Carrying Clay Art on My Iron Shoulder was published by Jiangsu Fine Art Publishing House in China with over 180,000 Chinese characters in April 2010. It is about the life and art of Guangzhen Zhou in both China and the US since the late 1950's. He hopes the book will able to be able to translated in English and published in the US soon.
Guangzhen Zhou's early works were figurative and surrealistic. Due to the writing of his autobiography, many of his memories resurfaced. He decided to create these images out of clay as the illustrations for his new books, the series "The Enamelware Age, Shanghai Nostalgia." His new works are realistic, and techniques such as hand-building, pottery wheel throwing, underglaze, overglaze, decal transfer are used.
Ceramics Annual of America (CAA)
September 10-12, 2010
September 9, 5-9 pm Opening Reception
Address: Herbst Pavilion at Ft. Mason, San Franciscio
website: CeramicsAnnual.org
Email. CeramicsAnnual@gmail.com
The Ceramics Annual of America is part of California's continuing legacy of excellence and innovation in ceramics. Our goal is to encourage the education and enrichment of the public, thereby promoting awareness of the ceramics community, cultivating a fertile art market, and fostering dialog between collectors and makers of contemporary ceramics. Ceramic artists, educators and collaborators, we are interested in sharing and sustaining connections with others worldwide.
The Ceramics Annual of America (CAA) is an ambitious new exhibition and fair spotlighting the quality and diversity of contemporary ceramics in the Americas. The Ceramics Annual of America, expected to be an unprecedented event, will provide a venue for regional and national artists working in the clay medium to show their work to a broader group of collectors.
Organized by the California Ceramics Cooperative, a group of invested regional ceramic artists, CAA will bring together an impressive number of the nation's top ceramic artists, instructors and collectors. Panel discussions, lectures, tours and demonstrations will be held throughout the exhibition, including a panel on regional ceramics featuring artist Ray Gonzales, curator of the Oakland Museum, Phil Linhares, director of the Richmond Art Center, Nancy Servis, and moderated by Susannah Israel. The fair will also include the historical exhibition, "Harold Paris' Walls of Mem", with a lecture discussion on the work from artist, Jim Melchert, and art historian, Peter Selz. This is a unique opportunity to see this work showed comprehensively in an exhibition environment. "Artistic childcare" will be provided by the exploratory ceramics program Kids N' Clay and is offered throughout the weekend.
The inaugural exhibition is scheduled for September 2010 in Herbst Pavilion at Ft. Mason. Ft. Mason, as the site chosen for this event, embodies the essence of San Francisco-its nearness to nature, combined with the novel architecture, gives a nod to the past and offers a dose of the different. Ft. Mason is a major draw for national and international visitors to the city, while Herbst Pavilion, a 30,000 square ft. hall, can accommodate as many as 3,000 visitors.
There will be about 70 artists selected for this event, and there will be two pieces by Guangzhen Zhou in the show that titled: the Endless Banquet and the Chinese Calligraphy during the Cultural Revolution.
San Francisco Bayarea
K-12 Clay Art Competition and Exhibition
Host: ClayGround Ceramic Studio， The Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA
Schedule:
Exhibition date: October 5th to 12th; 2008;
Reception date: 2pm – 5pm, October 5th, 2008.
Address:
ClayGround / Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA
1155 De Anza Blvd. San Jose, CA 95129
Tel. 408-343-3919, Fax. 408-343-0117.
Email. ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com
Website: www.ChineseClayart.com
About the Show: The ClayGround was funded in September 1999. As a ceramic art studio, we have classes for children and adults, and we have been cooperated with YMCA for the summer camps. Meanwhile, we have host the Children’s Clay Art Exhibition, East meets West Ceramic Art Exhibition and some other shows. We have invited many Chinese artists come over for workshops and lectures in our studio-gallery. We would like to provide verity services to our local multi-cultural community.
Prizes: One of Grand Prize at $100; Three of First Prizes at $50 each; and ten of Mentionable Prizes at $20 each. Certificate will be issued by the hosts. All of the premium may be used in ClayGround for clay classes, birthday parties, or gifts purchase.
Juror: Guangzhen "Po" Zhou is a ceramic artist, writer and director of the ClayGround. Mr. Zhou received his Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and his Master of Fine Arts degree from San Jose State University, San Jose, California. He is the author of over fifty articles in both Chinese and English. He has been instrumental in the exchange of ideas between the Chinese and American ceramics communities.
Eligibility: This competition is open to children and youth from K-12 (5 to 16 years-old).
All entries must be composed primarily of ceramic materials completed by the person within the last two years. Up to three entries may be submitted by each artist.
Entry Fee: No fee required.
Delivery：September 13-28, 2008, clay art works delivery;
Contact:
Guangzhen Zhou, Chinese Ceramic Art Council, USA
1155 S. De Anza Blvd. San Jose, CA 95129
Tel. 408-343-3919, Fax. 408-343-0117;
Email: ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com
Website: www.ChineseClayArt.com
Chinese Culture and Delightful Collection
Speaker: Jian-Zhong Wang, Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Organizer: Guangzhen Zhou
Languages: Presented in Chinese with English translate
Date: August 14 (Thursday), 2008, 7:00-9:00pm
Location: 1155 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose, CA 95129
(The seats are limited. Please call 408-343-3919 or email ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com to reserve)
Abstract: Jian-zhong Wang is a professor at the School of Art and Design, Tsinghua University (formerly The Center Academy of Arts and Design, Beijing, China). He has been studying ceramic art and other Chinese traditional art for several decades. Since the end of the 1990’s, Mr. Wang has established a glass studio in Tsinghua University which was the first glass studio in China. Meanwhile, as a well-known connoisseur, Mr. Wang has been invited to host the program of “Treasure Appraisal” at CCTV.
Invited by Guangzhen Zhou, the director of Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA, Mr. Wang will come to the San Francisco Bay Area again. He will give a talk on the Collection of Chinese Traditional Art, which may include the ceramic, furniture, and the market.
Education
1978-1982, The Central Academy of arts and Design, Ceramic art, B.A.
Curriculum Vitae
1982, Instructor, the Central Academy of Arts and Design,
1993, Associate professor, Director of the Ceramic Department,
2000, Professor, the College of art & Design, Tsinghua University
Professional Organizations
Vice-Director Glass Association Craft and Crystal Association of China
Vice-Secretary General Ceramic Association of China
Secretary General International Folk Arts and Crafts Federation of China
Member of China Artists Association
Member of China Arts and Crafts Association
Member of China Industry Design Association
Member of Corning Museum of Glass, USA
The Art of Yixing Teapot
Slide Presentation, Workshop and Exhibition
Hosted by Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA
Location:
ClayGround, a ceramic school and studio.
1155 S. De Anza Blvd. San Jose, CA 95125
Tel. 408-343-3919, Fax. 408-343-0117,
Email: Chineseclayart@hotmail.com, www.chineseclayart.com.
March 16th, 2008, Sunday
9:00am – 9:30am, slides presentation of the Art of Yixing Tea-ware, by Guangzhen Zhou.
9:30am – 10:00am, slides presentation of artworks by Jiang Yong-jun.
10:00am – 12noon, Demonstration: Traditional Techniques of creating Yixing Teapots.
1:00pm – 5:00pm, Teapot workshop. Everyone uses Yixing tools, clay, and the techniques to make your own teapot.
Fees:
The slides presentation in the morning is free;
The registration fee for the afternoon workshop is $60 ($50 for the members of ACGA and OVCAG. The fee is includes the instruction and 2 pounds of Yixing Clay).
Contact: Guangzhen Po Zhou, 408-343-3919, email: ChineseClayArt@hotmail.com
About the Yixing Artist Jiang Yong-jun
JIANG Yong-jun was born in Yixing, China 1966. She is a senior craft master and the vice professor of Wuxi Arts and Technology Institute. She graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design in Beijing (now Tsing-Hua University) and the Ceramics Department of 1990 and then started to teach ceramic in a school. She has been awarded the tile of “Excellent Educator” 2001-2003, and was invited for a ceramic cultural exchange in Japan 2003.
Her art works have been featured in “Chinese Female Magazine” and are widely exhibited and published both in China and abroad.
Yixing Ceramic Art Exhibition
About 30-40 contemporary Yixing teapots that were done by Yong-jun Jiang, by her friends and students, plus some antique pieces will be in the show. Some of these teapots will be for sale.
Yixing Clay Workshop Tools and Clay
About Yixing Hand-Made Clay Tools:
The artisans believe that clay tools are part of their clay work, and many artisans make their own clay tools. Specifically, Yixing artisans like to use bamboo and water buffalo horn to make their clay tools. Bamboo tools are quite durable and water buffalo horn tools are smooth but no stick to the clay like other materials that are very nice for burnishing clay works.
The buffalo horn sheet scrapers works very good for curved clay surface. Leave the horn sheet in water over night and let the horn sheet be very soft and flexible, then cut the sheets into whatever the shape you like.
The List of the Yixing Clay Tools
(You may choose whatever you may needed)
Wood Mallet: Maple wood or rosewood. To pound clay chunk into slabs.
Rosewood Paddle: to paddle for changing the shapes of the clay body.
Adjustable Circle Cutter: to cut out circle pieces.
Adjustable Parallel Cutter: to cut out parallel pieces such as rectangle or square pieces.
Mini Sculpting Knife: for sculpting details.
Arrow Head Knife: Nice for cut out precise straight lines.
Spout Making Knife: to make hollowed spout tubes.
Bamboo Tools: for sculpting.
Water Buffalo Horn Tools: for burnishing.
(Horn scraping sheets have many uses including burnishing clay surfaces. Soak the sheet overnight and it will become soft and flexible; then cut it into desired shape, and use the edge that fits your need).
Brass Hole Cutter: to cut out holes.
Hole Smoother: to smooth out the holes.
Brass Dragon Scale: for surface decoration of scale texture.
Wood Egg: to smooth out circle edges, such as the edge on the teapot body.
Wood Stamp Supporter: to support the other side when you stamping on the clay.
Wood Hammer: to use for stamping.
Yixing Clay
Yixing Purple Sand (Zisha in Chinese) is a type of stoneware clay. The firing temperature is about 1125 – 1175 degrees centigrade (You may test fire it between cone 1 & 2). The high quality moist clay is ready to use. If you have not previously worked with Yixing clay, you will be excited by its fine texture and high density. This excellent material is superior for detailed work. World renowned for its ability to hold water unglazed, it has been used in China for centuries. The ideal is for teapot clay. Note: This clay is used primarily for hand building and sculpture and generally not used for wheel-throwing.
Note: Please see our catalog or visit our website at www.ChineseClayArt.com for the more tools, clay, prices and related information.
DVD: The World Center of Teapot Making -- Yixing China
Photographed and wrote by Guangzhen Zhou and produced Chinese Ceramic Art Council USA, this DVD is introduced the pottery capital Yixing where the palm-sized unglazed stoneware teapots. The film is about 53 minutes and in three sections. The first section introduces the environment of Yixing and the history of Yixing teapots. The second section is about the ceramic cultural exchanges between Yixing and the international ceramic world. The last section demonstrates the whole process of Yixing teapot-making techniques demonstrated by well-known artist Meiqun Gu.
The DVD is available at www.ChineseClayArt..com
The Exhibition of the Historical Silver Dollars in China
November 10-18, 2007
Opening Reception:
2-5 pm, November 10, 2007. Free Admission.
Address:
ClayGround
1155 S. De Anza Blvd. San Jose, CA 95129, USA
Tel. 408-343-3919
For directions, please visit: www.ChineseClayArt.com, Email: ChineseClayArt@yahoo.com
Introduction of the Exhibition
The exhibits will be included: the major historical silver dollars used in China which are the silver dollars of Netherlands, Austria, Spanish, Mexico, the US, France, Japan and British during 1600-1940. Also, the major historical Chinese silver dollars from late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China; Coins of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan within last few decade, and many memorial metals of Shanghai Mint. Plus, English newspaper of “North-China” Dec. 1933; Photos of Central Mint of China in 1920-1930’s that donated by Robert Hewitt.
Also, we are going to show the film of “The Boat Trip to Shanghai, Hong Kong and Manila 1946” by Fredrick Paget;
My grade father Zhou Zhi-Jun studied the molds-engraving techniques from Italy master Luigi GIORGI, and he worked for both Central Mint of Qing Dynasty in Taijing and Central Mint of Republic of China in Shanghai. By my request, I received a letter from the Central Mint of Taiwan, the book published in 1970. This is the only written evidence fond for the relationship of the Italy master and Zhou Zhi-Jun.
Special thanks supports and donations from Mr. and Ms. Robert Hewitt, Mr. Zhang Yue-qun from Shanghai Mint and Mr. Fred Paget.
Please visit www.ChineseClayArt.com for the location of our gallery at San Jose, California.
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