Guangzhen Zhou on tue 12 aug 08
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Chinese Clay Art Newsletter Aug 08
Please click online version at:
http://www.chineseclayart.com/mall/c110/s25729/newsletter.asp
Tips for China Trip
Chinese Visa ApplicationIf you are a US citizen or resident and need to app=
ly for a Chinese visa=2C please contact us. We can help you go through your=
application form and other necessary documents. You don't need to pay for =
two trips to the Chinese embassy or consulate away from your home. No more =
frustration. For details=2C please click http://www.chineseclayart.com/mall=
/c110/s25729/tours_visa.asp .
Don't exchange Chinese currency until you have arrived in China. Someone ex=
changed money in departure airport (such as San Francisco International Air=
port) and received a rate much higher than what is used in China. You will =
able to exchange money in airport or hotel after your arrival in China. Lar=
ge stores usually take credit cards and cash which utilize US currency or E=
uro=2C making them easier to be exchanged=2C but traveler's checks are diff=
icult to get exchanged. Paralympic Beijing Opening Ceremony on September 6t=
h=2C 2008Paralympic Beijing is scheduled from September 6 to 17=2C 2008. If=
any you are planning to arrive in Beijing on September 6th=2C you may meet=
the highest security checks and traffic restrictions in Beijing during tha=
t time. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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10-Years Anniversary of American Ceramic Artists Today1989=2C I came over t=
o study ceramic in the University of Minnesota-Duluth when I was the first =
student for study ceramic art from mainland China to the US. 1998=2C my boo=
k "American Ceramic Artists Today" (Chinese version with English name list)=
in Beijing and it was my first book that introduced the fifty best America=
n ceramic artists into Chinese. It was also the first book of western conte=
mporary ceramic art book was published in China. It is one decade from now.=
I have dug out the letters=2C pictures and video tapes from the piles and =
I am going to share these pictures with our big ceramic family in the next =
few issues of our newsletters. The List of Fifty American Ceramic Artists a=
re (alphabetically) :Robert Arneson=2C Rudy Autio=2C Robert Brady=2C Dougla=
s Casebeer=2C Anne C. Currier=2C Stephen DeStaebler=2C Ruth Duckworth=2C Ja=
ck Earl=2C Raymon Elozua=2C Kenneth Ferguson=2C Viola Frey=2C David Gilhool=
y=2C Arthur Gonzalez=2C Chris Gustin=2C Wayne Higby=2C Richard Hirsh=2C Jan=
Holcomb=2C Karen Karnes=2C Thomas Kerrigan=2C James Klueg=2C Robert Kvenil=
d=2C Marilyn Levine=2C Michael Lucero=2C Warren MacKenzie=2C John Mason=2C =
Beverly Mayeri=2C Robert Milnes=2C Judy Moonelis=2C Ron Nagle=2C Richard No=
tkin=2C Dennis Parks=2C Mark Pharis=2C Ken Price=2C Don Reitz=2C Jerry Roth=
man=2C Adrian Saxe=2C Nancy Selvin=2C David Shaner=2C Richard Shaw=2C Sandy=
Simon=2C Paul Soldner=2C Toshiko Takaezu=2C Akio Takamori=2C Robert Turner=
=2C Rimas VisGirda=2C Peter Voulkos=2C Patti Warashina=2C Kurt Weiser=2C St=
an Welsh=2C and Daisy Youngblood.I have visited the home based studio of Pe=
ter Voulkos in 1996 when I was a graduate student in San Jose State Univers=
ity. Professor Stan Welsh took us visited Peter Voulkos's house in Berkeley=
. Stan was living there and working with Peter for 15 years. I have taken a=
video tape at that day.Please Click http://www.chineseclayart.com/mall/c11=
0/s25729/store_books.asp
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International Contemporary Teapot Exhibition -- Phoenix Arizona=2C NCECA 20=
09The teapot has long been a traditional part of ceramic history in China a=
nd the whole world. Today=2C pottery has been wildly adopted in the ceramic=
art field=2C which is far beyond the tea culture of China. The ceramic tea=
pots can be categorized into vessel form or sculptures=2C functional or non=
-functional.We would like to explore the new development of teapots worldwi=
de in the new century to share the new concepts of teapot within the big fa=
mily of NCECA at The International Contemporary Teapot Exhibition - Phoenix=
=2C 2009 (in conjunction with NCECA).Location:French Designer Jeweler7148 E=
ast main StreetScottsdale=2C AZ 85251Contact :Chinese Clay Art1155 S. De An=
za Blvd.San Jose=2C CA 95129Tel: 1-800-689-2529Fax: 408-343-0117email: chin=
eseclayart@hotmail.comEntry Deadline (digital images): December 10=2C 2008E=
xhibition: April 8-11=2C 2009Artist's Reception: 7 pm - 9 pm=2C Thursday=2C=
April 9=2C 2009For more information=2C please click http://www.chineseclay=
art.com/mall/c110/s25729/opportunity.asp
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Back to School Sales=2C up to 30% off until August 31=2C 2008
Texture Mats=2CPA 02B=2C 4/set of rubber mats (PA 02-#2=2C #4=2C #5 and #6)=
=2C was $48.00=2C Discount price is $38.00.Texture Mats=2C PA 210B=2C 4/set=
of plastic mats (PA 212=2C PA 214=2C PA 218 and PA219)=2C was $48=2C Disco=
unt price is $38.00.Texture Mats=2C PA 210C=2C 4/set in half size (PA 212s=
=2C PA 214s=2C PA 218s and PA219s)=2C was $24=2C Discount price is $20.00. =
Pottery Tools Set=2C WS 10P=2C 9/set (with a stainless steel fettling knife=
) was $9.50=3B Discount price is $7.50.Wooden handle Pin Tools=2C CI 01 (Cl=
earance)=2C was $0.80=2C Discount Price $0.50.Up to 15% off for Western Col=
or and Glaze (One Pint)Original $8.50 =2C sale $7.60=3BOriginal $11.00=2C s=
ale $10.00=3BOriginal $12.90=2C sale $ 11.50=3BOriginal $14.00=2C slae $11.=
90Original $16.00=2C sale $13.60Free gift (Multi-Function Wrench=2C Item M2=
012) for orders over $200.
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New Product
Hole Cutters w/ Wood HandleL 6.5"=3B Dia. 3/16"=3B 5/16"=3B =BD"=3B 7/8"=
=3B 4/set=2C $11.50Separate sales:A. 3/16"=3B $1.80=3B B. 5/16"=3B $2.30=3B=
C. =BD"=2C $2.80=3BD. 7/8"=2C $5.50
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Chinese Clay Art
1155 S. De Anza Blvd.
San Jose=2C CA 95129
www.ChineseClayArt.com
Tel: 1-800-689-2529
Fax: 408-343-0117
email:chineseclayart@hotmail.com
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