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Future tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards: TOURS 2013 Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in Eastern China 6^th – 30th October 10^th Anniversary Tour with Li Wenying Programme Director Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute Travelling overland from Shanghai visiting its museums and galleries to Yixing (teapots) and Jingxian where they still make large coil pots fired in a dragon kiln. Huangshan, the Yellow Mountain made famous in classical Chinese paintings. Hangzhou on West Lake, where nearby Ge, crackle, and Yue celadon wares were made and on to Longquan known also for its celadons produced for more than a thousand years. We arrive in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, in time for the opening of the Jingdezhen International Ceramics Festival. Included in the price of the tour is the gift of a ‘free’ week from Wenying in celebration of our decade of travelling together. There will be ten days of workshops at Sanbao with at the end of the tour the possibility of returning home with some of our own work. Landprice: 15 people: £1800 Sterling 8 people: £2150 Sterling International return flights tba. Option to stay on at end of tour on a 1 – 3 week residency at Sanbao more details to follow Account of 1st Tour with Li Wenying in 2003 Previous Tours List of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards: CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in South East China 6^th – 24^th March 2012 CHINA: Indigo and Clay 19^th March – 3^rd April 2011 CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in North China 8^th – 26^th May 2010 CHINA: Western China & the Southern Silk Road 5^th – 27^th September 2008 CHINA: The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in Central China 26^th February – 20^th March 2008 UZBEKISTAN: The Silk Road in Central Asia Sunday 20th – Tuesday 29th August 2006 CHINA: The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in South West China Saturday 26th February – Sunday 20th March 2005 CELEBRATE: 25th Anniversary of 1st Craft Potters Association Trip to CHINA & 1,000 years of Porcelain Production in Jingdezhen October 2nd – 21st October 2003 UZBEKISTAN: THE SILK ROAD IN CENTRAL ASIA 16th September - 3rd October 2001 ORIENTAL CERAMIC SOCIETY TOUR TO CHINA 21st October - 11th November 2000