Clay, Color & Fire
 
7 ceramists collaborates with UC/DAAP, the Cincinnati Parks Board, and the Sister Cities Assoc. of Greater Cincinnati to decorate 7 columns with tile art on a building of the T. M. Berry Int'l Park.

   
Welcom to Clay, Color and Fire
7 ceramists from Cint's 7 sister cities join forces with Jan and Kirk
Welcome party. Prof. He on the far right with Beth Tu, Chair and interpreters
Day 1: select clay and slip colors
L-R: Kirk (DAAP): Phillip (Fr.); He (Liuzhou)
Day 2: Preparing for Master's Class introducing own ceramics art works
Betty Hao reads Prof. He's paper on his ceramic art
Modern ceramic technique is used to make antique looking traditional Chinese art
A gate symbolizes a "match in heaven," as is Cincinnati and Liuzhou
Line drawings for the tile design
Next, artist's conception using water color
Steve Lin's water color conception from Taipei Hsien
Miniature columns
Taipei Hsien, Liuzhou, Nancy all hard at work
Retracing the line drawings that were enlarged to life size
(L) Yan Yang, (R) Betty Hao were interpreters for Prof. He for day 1 & 2