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.

Jingdezhen porcelain manual transmission skills base to protect the opening

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Jingdezhen porcelain manual transmission skills base to protect the opening
The morning of July 4, Jingdezhen porcelain hand the protection of heritage skills base and skills of Jingdezhen porcelain representation of the traditional heritage of people in the Demo Center ceremony held Ceramics Expo history, the town of Kiln maintenance works at the same time also held a groundbreaking ceremony. Municipal Standing Committee, Vice-chief Lu Zhengda City, City Hall and the city Department of Cultural Affairs of the leadership and the first batch of 10-bit representation of the old skills of traditional porcelain artists participated in the opening ceremony. Unveiled, such as Lu Chia.

Jingdezhen porcelain is both Chinese and foreign well-known, the Millennium kiln fire porcelain left a superb artistry, creating a large number of porcelain with a rich tradition of ceramic production skills of workers, “Jingdezhen porcelain hand skills” and other projects have been included in the respective countries, provincial, municipal list of intangible cultural heritage protection. Provincial and municipal leadership attaches great importance to the traditional porcelain artists old and traditional art heritage protection work, in September last year, Jingdezhen Municipal People’s Government issued the “traditional porcelain in Jingdezhen City heritage skills were identified with the representation of Interim Measures for the Administration”, through established procedures to assess the city have had a tradition of the first batch of 10 porcelain arts veteran representative to promote the city of ceramics of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection of heritage, and achieved gratifying results.

Expo area porcelain history of the town to retain the traditional kilns and workshops, bringing together a large number of old porcelain artist, is the largest city of the 4A level scenic areas, hand-built porcelain heritage skills base and the protection of traditional Jingdezhen porcelain representation skills Demo Center inheritance were fully explore the use of cultural resources, protection of cultural heritage in our city to promote a strong tradition of work initiatives. To the “base” and “Center” building, is of great significance and far-reaching consequences. The town of 300 tam kiln is a city the size of firewood kiln remains only to protect the kiln room building will be the furnace, “such as repair of old old”, while maintaining the protection of productive ways to protect the kiln built heritage, traditional skills kiln , and its practical significance and far-reaching impact of the ceramic to porcelain heritage cultural heritage and continuously push forward the work.

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute or the University changed its name to ceramics

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A few days ago, Jiangxi University study group of experts set up his 8 visit Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, the University of the hospital changed its name to the work of ceramic preliminary inspection, assessment and verification. Group of Experts on the provincial education department headed thunder Song, deputy inspector, head of the supervision of the Commissioner for the Nanchang Institute of Technology, party secretary and former deputy director of the Board of Education of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang University, Professor Zhou members from Jiangxi Agricultural University, vice president of the Hua-Lin Wang, Nanchang Vice Chancellor of the University Aviation dawn, Gannan Medical College Ringbom Huang, Tung Wah Group of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dean Liu Jinhui composition.

Expert missions in the briefing, the Jingdezhen Municipal Standing Committee, vice mayor, said Lin Hua, Jingdezhen municipal party committee and government will give full support to the work of ceramic Institute changed its name. Dean made a good week, entitled “rooted in trade, services of local, influential both at home and abroad to build multidisciplinary university ceramics” reporting, a detailed report to the Group of Experts on the ceramics and construction of the hospital was renamed the University of significance, demonstrated that the renamed the University of the necessity and feasibility of the idea of building the University of ceramic and measures. During the inspection, members of the Group, respectively, the national daily and architectural ceramics Engineering Research Center, the International Ceramic Center, the hospital is a Ceramic Research Institute, Experimental Center for Ceramic Art, chemical laboratory, a library, hospital, etc. History has been inspected. Went to learn more about both teaching and research, and listen to the relevant report.

The afternoon of June 1, the Group held a feedback will be inspected on hospital reform and development in recent years achieved remarkable results, as well as the work done around the renamed fully affirmed. That distinctive characteristics, a great influence at home and abroad, teaching strict management and the quality of teaching high-quality, high standard of teaching. Experts on the current problems and a lack of sound advice and recommendations. Xiao Ren-Xian Institute of party secretary of missions, thanks to experts here, the experts stressed that the views and suggestions on the future development of long-term significance. The hospital will be renamed as an opportunity to apply for, and strive to build both at home and abroad, the influence of the characteristics of schools.