I spent three month in Jingdezhen, the world largest, and most famous center of manufacturing porcelain, known in history as a ceramic center of five hundred kilns. Exercising over glaze There, working alongside masters, I learned a lot by carefully [...]

Qing Dynasty porcelain vase For a long time, the West did not comprehend why European porcelain vases, trying to replicate the Chinese porcelain vases, were so easily deformed in the fire, sometimes collapsing in the kiln at high firing [...]

One difficulty I encountered during my studies was the lack of accessible books to read. My spoken Chinese improved a lot, but my reading and writing skills advanced slowly. I forced myself to take notes in Chinese, but later I could [...]