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J Motzkin on fri 25 dec 09

kung fu swords for 2500 years....and mushrooms and fungi foods....

I am salivating. I miss real Chinese food. New places and potters. And old
celadon...mmmmm. And fire...oh ecstacy.
A healthy new year to you and D and all in JDZ.
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love.
Judy

2009/12/25 Ric Swenson

> Fred, and Ken....and y'all.....
>
> Pics.... of the new LongQuan Celadon Museum...recently recognized by UNES=
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> as a cultural historic site...
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>
> helped to fire a dragon kiln there.
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> demonstrated throwing to college students and gave 4 speeches there...
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> fun week. met many ceramists from around China and Sri Lanka, India,
> Korea, Japan and USA....etc... stayed in a 5 star hotel there... magnific=
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> place.
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> the food.... oh my god ....the food!
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> ric
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> "...then fiery expedition be my wing, ..."
>
> -Wm. Shakespeare, RICHARD III, Act IV Scene III
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> Richard H. ("Ric") Swenson, Teacher,
> Office of International Cooperation and Exchange of Jingdezhen Ceramic
> Institute,
> TaoYang Road, Eastern Suburb, Jingdezhen City.
> JiangXi Province, P.R. of China.
> Postal code 333001.
>
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> Mobile/cellular phone : 86 13767818872
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> < RicSwenson0823@hotmail.com>
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> http://www.jci.jx.cn
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> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 17:07:25 -0800
> From: olsenkilns@prodigy.net
> Subject: visit
> To: ricswenson0823@hotmail.com
> CC: RICSWENSON0823@hotmail.com
>
> Hi Ric;
>
> Always enjoy your emails, keep them coming. I have July free this year a=
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> would really like to visit you and work in the porcelain factory or
> somewhere. I do not know how to get an invite or what one must do. I kn=
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> that I will pay my airfare and etc, but do they offer anything? If you
> could help me out I would appreciate any strings, help you can give.
>
> Here, I am as usual working. A lot of international things, but now the
> concentration is on finishing my veterans memorial in mission viejo , ca.=
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> the saddleback college campus. You can see it on my web site,
> www.olsenkilns.com . Ingrid has retired now and is home 24/7. Big chang=
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> for me to say the least. Otherwise I am still finishing the house and
> enlarging the studio, kiln shed and Ingrid's house. Pretty soon will kic=
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> back and slowly get out of my business and just work in the studio and cl=
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> projects. This is one reason I would like to do a series in porcelain.
> Thanks for the emails. My best to you and family. Fred
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