| I have been working on my ceramics, language skills, and everything in between. We work in a huge studio with all the materials a person can handle. Just about every other day someone comes in and does a demo for we students. The interesting thing about the work that is done here is the division of labor. I was told that to make one pot in Jingdezehn it takes 72 people. From the person who digs the clay to the person who fires the kiln. The Chinese believe that if you only do one job your whole life ( example: trim pottery ) that you will become really really good at it, whereas if you wanted to make pots as nice as the Chinese you would need to live 72 lives- Interesting. So far we have had a thrower, a trimmer, a slab builder, an underglaze painter, and a brush maker come into the studio and demo, they where all really skilled people. |
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