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Artist Residency

Working in Bei Gao 4 Studio

Working in Bei Gao 4 Studio

Shangri La Complex

Shangri La Complex

Work in Progress

Work in Progress

Work in Progress

Work in Progress

Red Gate Artists in Residence

Red Gate Artists in Residence

Outside Red Gate Gallery

Outside Red Gate Gallery

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

The return of Mahākāla

The return of Mahākāla

Shot at Yonghegong Lama Temple, Beijing.

Shot at Yonghegong Lama Temple, Beijing.

Artist Talk

Artist Talk

I:Project Space, Beijing

Women Playing Cards

Women Playing Cards

Traditional Hakka Home

Traditional Hakka Home

Qingxi Village, Guangdong

Abandoned Hakka Village

Abandoned Hakka Village

Guangdong Province

Statue of Emperor Wu of Western Han

Statue of Emperor Wu of Western Han

Qingxi Village, Guangdong

Buddhist monk placing blessings

Buddhist monk placing blessings

Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

Nuiguomeng Village

Nuiguomeng Village

Dongguan, Guangdong Province

Wong Ancestral Hall

Wong Ancestral Hall

Qingxi Village, Guangdong Province

Wong Family Ancestral Hall Entrance

Wong Family Ancestral Hall Entrance

Wong Family Altar

Wong Family Altar

Red Gate Gallery Residency 2015
Beijing, China
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” — Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
 

In 2014 I was selected to be apart of the artist residency program at Red Gate Gallery in Beijing, China. I spent the months of January and February 2015, in Beijing, exploring the cityscape, visiting various art galleries and meeting fellow artists. 

 

Besides producing new work for an upcoming exhibition, I was able to visit my mother's old village in Guangdong Province and research the cultural aspects of the local Hakka Chinese and how it has changed when they had migrated to Trinidad and Tobago.

 

You can read more about this research here.

Kathy Zung in her Studio

Kathy Zung in her Studio

Example of a Mould

Example of a Mould

Kathy and Patrick Zung in the Studio

Kathy and Patrick Zung in the Studio

Model Being Prepared in Clay

Model Being Prepared in Clay

Mould Being Prepared

Mould Being Prepared

Mould for one of my Pieces

Mould for one of my Pieces

Mould for one of my Pieces

Mould for one of my Pieces

Working on Opening the Mould

Working on Opening the Mould

Original with Resin Copy

Original with Resin Copy

Original with Resin Copies

Original with Resin Copies

Work in Process for a Munny

Work in Process for a Munny

K&Z Studio, Inc. 2014
Dunham, North Carolina 
 

​For Animae Caribe 2013, the annual animation festival in Trinidad. I did a 3D puppetry workshop with Kathy Zung, which was a two day session about learning how to build the skeleton for the puppets used in stop motion animation. 

 

The following year I was able to do a week long workshop with Kathy Zung at K&Z Studio in North Carolina. Here I was taught more advance techniques into making the bodies and the moulds for the stop animation puppets. 

 
Finished Raku Piece

Finished Raku Piece

Inspecting the Ceramics

Inspecting the Ceramics

Putting on the Glaze

Putting on the Glaze

Image of the Fired Pieces

Image of the Fired Pieces

Image of the Fired Pieces

Image of the Fired Pieces

Fired Pieces with Glaze on them

Fired Pieces with Glaze on them

The Musician

The Musician

The first stages of the Raku

The first stages of the Raku

Pieces Fresh from the Kiln

Pieces Fresh from the Kiln

Pieces Fresh from the Kiln

Pieces Fresh from the Kiln

Finished Raku Pieces

Finished Raku Pieces

Porcelain Pottery

Porcelain Pottery

Porcelain Pottery

Porcelain Pottery

Bunty O'Conner at Work

Bunty O'Conner at Work

Ajoupa Pottery
Freeport, Trinidad and Tobago

This former Cocoa estate house located on the eastern frindges of Freeport, has been the home of Ajoupa Pottery for the last twenty plus years. Now ceramic artist Bunty O'Connor along with her husband Rory O'Connor have been working together to create more personal work and also host a series of workshops of Raku and Mosiac classes. 

 

With the support and expertise of Bunty, I have been able to continue making my spontaneous clay creations. It is an ongoing residency where I am able to comfortably explore my ideas.

© Joshua Lue Chee Kong © 2006 - 2015

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