STUDY TOUR TO CHINA 2017

by | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized

Lead by professionals, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will be of
interest to practitioners and academics alike. Visit the Great Wall of
China, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Terracotta Warriors, Yang Tomb
of the Han, Yu Yuan Garden, The Bund, and the Shanghai Museum’s
world-famous ceramics collection. Spend a week of hands-on exploration
at The Pottery Workshop’s Education
Centre in Jingdezhen, the historic home of porcelain. With the focus on
doing, you will experience the materials and methods of Chinese
porcelain production.

Try your hand at Qinghua blue & white
painting, Fencai overglaze enamelling, Song dynasty relief carving,
underglaze transfer and overglaze decal application. Local trips will
include the Ancient Kiln Museum, glaze shop, brush-maker’s shop, the
Ancient Reproduction Factory, and the Big Tile– and Big Pot Factories.
Attend the PWS Saturday Morning Creative Market and visit the galleries
of local artisans. Of special interest will be a day-long pilgrimage to
the scenic village of Yaoli, the 64m long Tianbao dragon kiln, the
Dongbu Kaolin Museum, and Gaoling (Kaolin) Mountain.

All in-country
transportation, meals and four-star accommodation, local guides and
entry fees are included. $5,500.00 per person, double occupancy (single
occupancy available).

For more information and to register your expression of interest for this tour please contact Paul Leathers at
+1 (403) 358-5348 or [email protected]

Laurent Craste @ Art Gallery of Burlington

by | Nov 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

Craste’s 13 new works examine the notion of aesthetics in the
decorative arts, specifically the shift from ornaments to what is now
seen as the clean aesthetics of design.

About the Artist
Ceramist by trade, Laurent Craste is an internationally renowned visual
artist whose practice focuses on the exploration of the multiple layers
of meaning of decorative objects: ideologically, aesthetically, and
through their sociological and historical dimensions. The porcelain
vase, in particular, has for years been the subject of predilection of
the artist’s work. Laurent Craste appropriates this archetypal figure of
decorative arts, using it as matter, support and playground for his
artistic interventions, in order to create striking formal and
conceptual proposals.

Laurent Craste holds a Master in Visual and Media Arts from UQAM, and
he was awarded numerous prizes and awards during his career. His works
are on display in numerous private and public collections (Montreal
Museum of Fine Arts, the Public Collection of the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade of Canada, The Cirque du Soleil
Collection, etc.).

Image: Laurent Craste, Immolation, 2016

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