As this is the year of the dragon, a huge sculpture of a dragon has been created. It is made up of hundreds of small bowls. Really cool! Started working in the studio with the local porcelain, might have to rethink how to work with it, a bit different than at home in Oz.

I think everything is made of ceramics here and the size of some of the pieces are huge. Saw an interesting scuplture of a dragon, made of up hundreds of smaller bowls. They change the sculpture in the park each year and this just happens to be the year of the dragon.

Arrived at the Pheonix Ceramic Residency and met up with all the other ceramic artists, 10 Australians and 3 from Brazil. Drove past the exhibition centre where our works will be displayed - it is a huge! Very quiet in Jingdezen today because of the holiday (they are all in Shanghai I think). Saw some huge saucers, they would have to be 1.5m across, all left out on the street to dry. Everything is ceramic here, even the lamp posts!

In a que for an hour to get into the Shanghai Museum - along with the other million chinese tourists. The moon fesitval and holiday run for a week. I think everyone is on holidays here in Shanghai. The museum was worth the wait. Fantastic exhibition of antique ceramics from Jingdezen, some 7000 years old! Can't wait to get to Jingdezen on the 2nd.

Visited Yu Gardens on National Day - busiest public holiday all year in China. Millions of people, the crowd moved like a swarm. Saw a wonderful performance by musicians playing instruments all made of ceramics.

Hi there,

I'm leaving for China on the 29th September and will be undertaking a residency of 4 weeks there.