In the winter of 2005 I spend several months in working in China, after researching, connecting people and finding new contacts I got offered a work/living space to explore work and create a deeper knowledge about the ceramic material. After my work with the Royal Delft factory my interest only grew in this material and what better place is there to think of then living a period in ceramics capital of China, Jingdezhen.

Mainly I focussed these few months on the 2 cities, Shanghai and Jingdezhen, discovering, meeting and engaging with artists and designers, establish meaningful relationships and work hours in the studio with the ceramic material, exploring local craftwork and factories. Doing try-outs and demo's with the workshops around me.

Driven by my curiosity for material and environment a very intense experience developed where I lived locally in a Chinese flat, just living daily work likewise to Chinese people around me. I worked when they worked and ate when they ate. It was like stepping into a tale, a mind switch discovering new stories. A lot of time was spend working and talking with artists/designers and going trough neighborhoods.

Sharing experience where great moments. Several nights I ended up talking with Chinese art friends till dawn about culture, art/design climates and passion for work. Those nights where amazing.

There where many nights I could not catch sleep due to trill of excitement and we just had to talk more. I hopefully will continue to work with the material and people to set up participations and create a deeper knowledge and possibilities for future.