The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 50 no 1 April 2011
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In October and November 2010, I travelled to the ICMEA conference in Fuping, China, and was<br />
invited to Sanbao in Jingdezhen where I was lucky e<strong>no</strong>ugh to meet and photograph ceramicists from 24<br />
countries - Brazil, China, USA, Poland, New Zealand , Monaco, Holland, France, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan,<br />
Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Roman ia, Eston ia, Slovakia, Canada, Switzerland, Italy,<br />
Israel and Australia.<br />
As I travelled around these famous ceramic cities - the studios, workshops and exhibitions - I carried<br />
with me porcelain from Fuping and Jingdezhen. I asked the ceramicists to make an object w ith the clay<br />
that would speak <strong>of</strong> them and their work. As each <strong>of</strong> them wore it on their body, I captured an image<br />
<strong>of</strong> the moment - a portrait <strong>of</strong> the artist and object as one.<br />
<strong>The</strong> energy and sense <strong>of</strong> fun is captured in the images.<br />
S6 THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS APRil 20 11
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