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The finished artwork, Becoming Goddess, installed in the Changshou Sculpture Park, Putuo District, Shanghai (#34)
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image credits: #15 Annabel Wightman, #34 Luo Xiaoping
 Trudy would like to acknowledge the generous assistance of the Red Deer College Professional Development Fund. |
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Sculpture Project in Shanghai
Trudy speaks about her recent sculpture project in Shanghai, China.
"A land of cheery, enthusiastic people and amazing cuisine, China offers many wonderful opportunities to the visiting artist.
One must also be prepared, however, to deal with corruption at all levels and, more often than not, an underlying attitude that foreigners are 'cash cows' to be 'milked'. I would advise all artists travelling to China to read Tim Clissold's book Mr. China, to seek references, and to work with a reputable organisation such as The Pottery Workshop.
I can not say enough about the hospitality, professionalism and support that Caroline Cheng and her staff extended to me while I was in Shanghai, Jingdezhen, and Hongzhou.
I am thrilled to have had this experience and to have a significant artwork located in China. However, I am afraid that based on my personal experience I cannot recommend working with the School of Fine Art at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art (SIVA) under any circumstances. In the words of another of the project's participants, French ceramic artist Jacques Kaufmann, 'I went to China... I learned a lot... I was not destroyed.'"