Activity and Show
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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