Guangdong ceramic exports in March increased 28.6 percent year-on-year

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Foshan City news in an interview that Exit Inspection and Quarantine, Guangdong ceramic March exports to reverse the first two months of decline, with exports amounting to 280 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 28.6%. Foshan Comprehensive Exit Inspection and Quarantine, Inspection and Quarantine Technical Center marketing director, told reporters Liu Yamin, 1,2 month and Foshan in the Middle East, ASEAN, the European Union, Latin America, the United States the value of domestic exports fell across the board compared to the situation in March has been greatly changed. It is worth noting that, according to Customs statistics, in the first quarter of this year, Guangdong ceramics markets in Africa and the Middle East made a major breakthrough in exports to Africa and the United Arab Emirates was the rapid growth. These two markets reached 59.58 million U.S. dollars and 51.65 million U.S. dollars, increased by 42.9% and 55.1%.

Products in the export structure, said Liu Yamin, Foshan Ceramics exports to the construction of ceramic-based, the vast majority of products for the tile, of which about 6 become glazed brick, glazed brick 4 become. Most of the African market in order to wear-resistant bricks, tiles mainly tiles glazed wall tiles are mainly small specifications, Europe and the United States is still mainly in high-grade. Bathroom ceramic exports declining trend, exports of high-performance technical ceramics have greater growth than previously, but the high-performance technical ceramics in Foshan ceramics industry in the proportion of the whole is not great. A number of mainland enterprises, the cost of production is relatively low, to low-cost low-end part of the market occupied. Enterprise vicious competition leads to decrease in profits, while many companies do not have their own brands, but to rely on OEM to maintain the normal operation of the factory. Therefore, the experts propose to increase the access threshold for the ceramics industry, to do a good job to support big-scale enterprises to restrict the production of low-quality small businesses, low-priced exports behavior.

Followed by a period of time on the export situation, Liu Yamin that the current international financial crisis, the foreign real estate market downturn, new real estate projects to reduce, residents in areas such as housing renovation renovation also reduced consumer demand, the export volume of sanitary ceramic unlikely in the near future has changed significantly. He said: “It should be said that the ceramic industry is now entering a crucial period to re-shuffle of, enterprises should strengthen the research and development of new products, and strengthen brand building, and strictly control product quality in line with the customers and the requirements of the importing country laws and regulations, it is necessary to know the quality of the product production out, rather than testing out. ”

He suggested that the domestic ceramic enterprises to Italy, Spain and other enterprises to learn: “The power is also a ceramics after decades of hard work before the establishment of hegemony now, they are products, specifications, and cultural connotation of the brand and so on, there are their strength and image, we should learn from their experience, raise the level of exports, and export enterprises to build a good brand name products, and continuously improve the economic value of export products. if only to imitate, then always walk in other people’s the back. “In addition, the export enterprises to strengthen inspection and quarantine agencies and communication between the countries to understand the import laws and regulations, so that problems can be resolved in a timely manner. He said that the national construction of Health Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Foshan Ceramics Key Laboratory testing has a world-class testing equipment, the authority of professional and technical personnel, sanitary ceramics in the construction testing, certification can provide a full range of technical support.

Related Links: The April 17 “Dongguan Daily” reported that, according to customs statistics Whampoa, Guangdong Province, the first quarter of this year, export of all types of ceramic products worth 740 million U.S. dollars, an 7.1 percent increase over the same period last year. The first quarter of Guangdong ceramic export market for the first three followed by the European Union, ASEAN and the United States. The first quarter, export ceramics in Guangdong Province followed by the three major markets before the European Union, ASEAN and the United States, on the above three markets accounted for 42.1 percent of total exports. Of these, exports to the EU 140 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 9.4%; of ASEAN exports 97,690,000 U.S. dollars, an increase of 20.2%; exports to the United States 71,680,000 U.S. dollars, down 1.3%.

Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land

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Lotte Jingdezhen Ceramic pottery creative agency of the Promised Land
Lotte Tao Agency. Established in Hong Kong in 1985 for the purpose of potters and those who love pottery and production space to enjoy. Lotte Tao agency today by the famous Miss Zheng Yi potters command, has become Hong Kong’s largest pottery center. In order to expand the exchange of ceramics, in 2002, Lotte Tao founded the agency in Shanghai, the new studio and showroom; Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency was set up in 4 years ago; Tao Lotte 2007 Beijing formally established agency. As Lotte Tao Yi Zheng Club annual travel to Hong Kong, Beijing, between Shanghai and Jingdezhen. Very Coincidentally, Ms Cheng at a press conference the day before the interview went just arrived at Jingdezhen. Thus, the reporter had the privilege and the Lotte Tao’s head as she talked about the effort to build the “Kingdom of creativity.”

“Jingdezhen is a very spiritual place, a lot of people would like pottery hereմմ’Aura’.” Miss Zheng Yi is a pleasant person, born optimist, even the talk is the exultant. Lotte Jingdezhen pottery before the creation of social organizations, she has been abroad many times to view the exchange of potters, but every time there regret - do not have a specialized Jingdezhen potters for foreign exchange and creative place. Of course, this place can also provide related services such as catering accommodation, which needs the creation and exchange continue for some time. Are based on this, May 1, 2005, Ms Cheng choose to establish a sculpture of Jingdezhen porcelain pottery Lotte agency, to assume the foreign exchange and creative potters base functions. “Chose porcelain sculpture, is very optimistic about where the ceramic culture.” Zheng Yi said.

Zheng president of the success of a number of foreign countries have come here especially for potters.

Interview the same day, journalists in Lotte’s foreign pottery art room to see the five foreign potters. University of Hawaii from the United States teachers Miss Chen Songli accepted an interview with reporters. This reporter has learned that this is the second time Ms Chan came to Jingdezhen, and is prepared to stay here for six weeks. Back to the United States, she is also prepared to come with their own students.

Last year, Ms. Chen first came to Jingdezhen, the city felt the strong atmosphere of ceramics, “but this kind of environment in other parts of the world’s unparalleled.” She also cited examples reporters, “In the United States, it is very difficult to buy ceramic glaze-related, but in Jingdezhen, these are not problems.” To go back after listening to a lot of students in her introduction, it is thought of Jingdezhen to. Conversation, she opened a small paper, showed reporters not long ago to do her a pair of small porcelain shoes. She said that she take it back to the United States, sent his best friend. Mountains can be seen here, she is very happy.

Lotte social event of pottery not only in foreign countries, “Phoenix” Jingdezhen as its impact on the expansion of the local community, gradually, more and more young people to gather together here. Zheng Yi found that many of these young people, such as ceramic College students in institutions of higher learning, they create works Lotte Lotte to sell on. The reporters found that these young people do not have a fixed work patterns, more like a whim, but very popular with visitors welcome.

The development of the past few years, today’s Jingdezhen pottery Lotte agency has air-conditioned studios, pilot plant, galleries, shops, cafes and artists homes, canteens and so on. Here is not only the artists and young students to exchange and creation of the stage, more like a big family of potters. “I would be happy to Lotte as a pilot plant, more specifically, a ceramic factory creative experiment.” Zheng Yi Tao this to their own social positioning. The people here are willing to put it than for the 798 Art District in Jingdezhen.

Lotte Tao agency has its own “reserve program”, for example, are held every Friday evening in a lecture ceramics. For instance, every Saturday or during holidays or Porcelain Fair, Lotte Jingdezhen pottery agency would provide the college students a venue to enable them to put a stand to sell his pottery works, a fine-sounding name on “creative fair” .

June 28, this reporter went to “creative fair” interview. Liu is on the third time to give them the platform Lotte was very pleased, she said: “Only in Jingdezhen, in Lotte have such an environment. In here that can not only make the cost of living is more important is access to practical experience and recognition of their work. ”

Jingdezhen Ceramic History of the development spoke of the prospects for the creative industries with the confidence of Zheng Yi. In her view, not lack of Jingdezhen ceramics culture, and not missing very edge industry in Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen current lack of creativity is, “Of course, such shortcomings are not unique in Jingdezhen, China’s ceramic industry is the existence of this phenomenon. It is gratifying that the local government of Jingdezhen is attention to this matter, there are a lot of people doing this thing. ” Zheng Yi Jingdezhen were each to want to leave, she said, whether it is in Hong Kong or in Beijing and Shanghai, ceramic art is not very strong atmosphere, with which it is difficult to carry out related work, but not the same as in Jingdezhen, surrounded by so ceramics who are expert, good atmosphere, and easily communicate.

Lotte Tao agency is an “art space” is also a business, the Tao of Lotte’s the next stage of development, Zheng Yi has his own ideas. She said that she is an artist, but also the Tao Lotte’s operators, as a business, the economic benefits that must be considered, otherwise, it would be difficult to survive and develop. Lotte Tao On the main objective of the current agency, said she was very calm and the word Hill - to make money. She played a very vivid metaphor, founder of Lotte Tao agency, just as in the revised Highway, a few years ago the task is to repair, and now the road has been repaired, it is necessary to start charging fees, it is to the benefits.

Today, Lotte Tao agency also set a porcelain sculpture of two large plants, to expand the exchange of artists and venues. Zheng Yi very confidently told reporters that she read the relevant leaders in the planning and operation of these notions, have expressed sincere appreciation for the mountain. “I want to Lotte Tao Jingdezhen Ceramic Society into a model of cultural and creative industries so that more people involved so that more of the ‘ceramic people’ to see the creative industries’ money ‘King.” Zheng Yi still enraptured when they talk.

Chaozhou ceramics characteristics held to Shanghai Show

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Chaozhou ceramics characteristics held to Shanghai Show

Chow will be the first held in 2009 in Shanghai, Guangdong Chaozhou ceramics and specialty products trade fair, made a special trip to Shanghai and the Chaozhou Municipal Standing Committee of the Executive Vice Mayor Xu Fang said yesterday that the aim of expanding outreach to do domestic demand, capital growth, efforts to mitigate financial crisis the impact of foreign trade for enterprises to create a display of products, exchange information and promote trade cooperation platform for enterprises to promote their products to enhance the capacity of the domestic market.

Scheduled for this month from 11 to 14 in Shanghai Exhibition Center and features of Chaozhou Ceramics Fair, the Ministry of Commerce has been identified as 50 this year, “the expansion of consumption, innovative life” one of the focus of activities. Chaozhou more than 8000 square meters exhibition area, where nearly a hundred key enterprises at home will feature more than 7000 kinds of products, exhibits related to arts and crafts such as ceramics and other categories. Fair will be set to display, sell, trade negotiations, investment promotion activities in one auction.

Slab-Built Mug

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This slab-built pottery mug was created by KLX250

Mug
2009
KLX250 (a Pottery forum member)

Potter’s Statement: [This is] from the last “Christmas” kiln firing. Info on this site has helped to eliminate pitting and crazing issues I was having. The mug is built using a pop can wrapped in paper for a slab form.

Comments by Beth: I love the patterning on the glaze. And the idea to use a paper-wrapped pop can is great! In addition to ease-of-use for making just one mug, it would be easy to make a set of matching mugs that way, too.

18th. Century Chinese Porcelain Pillow With Figural Design

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18th. Century Chinese Porcelain Pillow With Figural Design - Master Chinese Ceramic Artist

18th. Century Chinese Porcelain Pillow With Figural Design

Master Chinese Ceramic Artist

Ceramic Art - Antique Porcelain Pillow

Price

$1,300.00

Dimensions

13.000 x 18.000 cm.

This original ceramic art is currently for sale.   At the present time, originals are not offered for sale through the FineArtAmerica secure checkout system.   Please contact the artist directly to inquire about purchasing this original.

Description:

18th. century Chinese porcelain pillow with hand decorated figural design. The pillow mate is available at a discount, if desirable to the buyer. Additional photos available on request to the interested buyer. Reasonable offers might be considered. We offer free shipping by priority mail to our USA customers and shipping at cost to our international clientele.

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Order ceramic enterprises into foreign trade in October signs of becoming warmer and more

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Cai chaozhou Anyang is a person in charge of ceramic enterprises. In recent months, he clearly felt a lot better than the days.The beginning of this year, export ceramics industry was very concerned about him. Workshop was to start the furnace less than half capacity, the workers work on time, the famous ceramics producing area, many companies have even suspended production.

From the beginning of June, ceramics enter the traditional peak season in the export of Cai anyang workers of enterprises not only have to work overtime every night, weekends are all full of. Despite the orders than in previous years it is with small and scattered, but it has been at the top of the October.

Cai anyang described, they are now the biggest difference is the mentality. 3,4 monthս?ders, regardless of good, single bad one had no choice but to follow what are now the most choice, and this year the export value of around 78 as of previous years, but as a result of increased domestic sales efforts at the same time, it is estimated that the annual performance the same can be achieved.

In fact, the province’s ceramics business is a huge foreign trade enterprises epitome of a small group. Although the first half of Guangdong’s import and export up to 20.7% year-on-year decline in ROC optimistic people, but from a number of industries and foreign trade enterprises of all sorts of positive signs that it shows that the decline in “market” are, in fact, not small “plate” and “stock” has been showing an exciting development.

Minqing ceramic accelerate the optimization and upgrading of the pace of enhancing the competitiveness of large

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“Use of natural gas for energy, not only environmental, but also produced better quality of ceramic products in short supply.” Located in the Baina Minqing (Fujian) Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., general manager of porcelain Fagui Fan told reporters that the use of clean energy and advanced energy-saving flame oxidation of production technology, the company’s economic efficiency and overall competitiveness has improved significantly.Minqing traditional ceramic industry is the pillar industries for economic development Minqing made a contribution. However, it is a high energy consumption, resource consumption, high-pollution industries, the environment, energy, face serious challenges and constraints to further economic development of Minqing.

In recent years, Minqing county party committee and government adhere to the scientific development concept as a guide to scientific and technological innovation to promote energy-saving emission reduction business, and promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries.

Kiyonori thought out action. The first half of 2006, Minqing County, heavy attack, according to the closure of 11 do not meet state regulations, serious pollution, the production of low-quality building ceramics products.

Close is only an expedient measure to guide enterprises in technological innovation to reduce emissions and promote energy conservation in order to become bigger and stronger ceramics industry Minqing. At last year’s ceramic industry in Fujian Province (Fuzhou) Project Matchmaking Symposium on Minqing with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghua University and other research institutes, universities and technical cooperation, signed a technical cooperation projects 6, 25 docking project to increase backward technology enterprises and transform the raw material formulation and firing techniques, research and development of new products, and achieving remarkable results. Currently, 43 county building ceramics enterprises all of the phenol-containing wastewater treatment to improve the circulatory system, the completion of the drying tower of dust control, five building ceramics enterprises desulfurization pilot project was launched.

In addition, the county issued Minqing “ceramic enterprises to encourage the implementation of the use of clean energy opinions”, the Government has come up with special funds, such as through financial subsidies to encourage businesses to promote the use of clean energy.

In the transformation of traditional industries to upgrade at the same time, Minqing County also continue to optimize the industrial structure, giving priority to the development of environmentally friendly, high value-added high-tech industry clusters. In 2006, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Lin Ping, vice president of Chamber of Commerce Investment 2 billion, 12 kilometers away from the Minqing Chengguan Town, the building of the East Industrial Park, a small dragon watches. At present, apart from Fuzhou Shenlong table of small business R & D companies, the industry has 12 companies signed a form of investment intentions, several of which are under construction or ready to build factories, a watch ready industrial park. In addition, construction, food, metallurgy, machine building, pharmaceuticals, handicrafts, such as a number of new industries are forming.

“Carex small flowers such as rice, but also learn to open Peony.” Minqing county leaders an interview with reporters, said that Minqing is a “small county”, but “small county” and “grand strategy.” At present, the county is relying on big industry, big traffic, big UMPAP “three” development strategy, technology innovation as the driving force to develop a number of good economic returns, low resource consumption, less environmental pollution emerging industries, and efforts to tap the tourism, eco-agricultural resources, to create a new porcelain Hercynian.

Jiangxi building ceramics production growth rate ranking first in

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First half of this year, ceramic tile production in Jiangxi Province 128,770,000 square meters, up 74.6 percent, the national average growth rate of 10.8%, to become the country’s fastest growing ceramic tile production region. Completion of construction ceramics exceeded 900 million yuan of industrial added value, up 82.0 percent; the completion of main business income of 2.91 billion yuan, up 86.5 percent; more than 120 million yuan profits, an increase of 375.4%; 216 million pre-tax profits, an increase of 282.8%.

brendan monroe bacterium mug

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 Ceramic coffee mug by Brendan Monroe on Park Life, go to Homewares.
New in 2007. Very limited Edition of 150 pcs.

Brendan Monroe is an amazingly great artist. I discovered his work at the same time I discovered art toys since his Sour figures were then being released amidst quite a bit of turmoil as I seem to recall. The toys had been shown back in 2005 at SDCC and were first scheduled for October/November of the same year, but as is often the case with vinyl figures the production experienced some delays so that even though they were at some point announced for late January 2006 they were not actually released until April 2006. The release itself was a bit chaotic since it was mostly done through pre-orders and it seemed Glen Liberman from Android 8 was doing pretty much everything by himself. You could find the Green and Brown versions in a couple of shops though, but the Red Sour was a Munky King exclusive and the Orange one which was an Android 8 exclusive was sold solely at SDCC.

These “toys” are truly fantastic figures. They are a bit scary at first sight but they are so unlike anything else and so “strange” and sculptural that for many people – including myself – they ranked among the best and most beautiful toys produced in 2006. I love them. I love their strangeness and mystery. (And, Oh joy, I even managed to buy the Green one a couple of months later from Giant Robot – the Brown one was unfortunately “sold out”).

Indeed they have all long been “Sold Out” and the only way to get one – you guessed right – is eBay. Of course the prices today for those figures are quite insane – not to say totally insane if you are aiming for a complete set (the last complete set of four on eBay sold for a little more than $800 about 2 weeks ago) – so if you really love Brendan Monroe’s work for that price you could as well get an original painting or one of his Microbes. Or for less money than you would pay for one Green or Brown Sour you can also buy one of his Potato Heads at HarnerHouse. And truly it is a mystery to me that these sculptures be still available… (Edit : A friend of mine tried to order these and they are in fact sold out. I am sorry since it was not clear at all on the site. 21 September 2007)