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Future tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:

 

 

CHINA TOUR

40th Anniversary of 1st CPA Tour to China

 

Sichuan Province & Jingdezhen

 

7th – 25th October 2018

Qionglai & Yingjing Ceramics,

Residency at Sanbao & Jingdezhen

In the Autumn we will be returning to Sichuan Province, where we will visit Qionglai kiln site, famous for its early ceramics and Yingjing, with a pottery tradition dating back 2,000 years.  Using 50% clay and 50% coal dust!    Firings: coal & dust & sweet-corn stalks layered alternately.   Contrastingly we will then fly to Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of China, where we will stay at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute on a residency, where one can experiment with the local porcelain clay, with visits to local craftsman producing a variety of wares.

Landprice:  approx. £2,100 inclusive

Single Room Supplement:  approx. £250

 

There is an opportunity to extend one’s stay at Sanbao for 1 / 2 weeks

@ 350 US$ per week

 

International & Internal Flights tba: approx. £750 - £800

 


 

Previous Tours
List of past tours arranged by Christine-Ann Richards:

 

CHINA:  Sichuan Province & the Tibetan Border

11th – 25th October 2017

 

CENTRAL ASIA:  The Silk Road:  Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan
7th – 21st June 2017

CENTRAL ASIA: The Silk Road
7th – 21st October 2016

CHINA: Southwest China and Laos
7th – 25th January 2015

CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in Eastern China
10th Anniversary Tour with Li Wenying

6th – 30th October 2013

CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in South East China
6th – 24th March 2012

CHINA: Indigo and Clay
19th March – 3rd April 2011

CHINA: Contemporary & Traditional Ceramics in North China
8th – 26th May 2010

CHINA: Western China & the Southern Silk Road
5th –  27th September 2008

CHINA: The ‘Mingei’ Tradition in Central China
26th February – 20th 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