Reply To: Field trip to China?

Hmm, that one went through… Seems some words I use are maybe blacklisted (just not sure which one(s) ).

Shortly anyhow:

Other’s looking for the tour Felice mentions: look for ChineseCalligraphyBruges (I can’t take part because of scheduling issue unfortunately). And inspiring that Gail has made similar trip I was trying to describe! #CalligraphyTripBruges #FieldTripChina #MaterialTrip

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Seems I’m not able to respond to the thread as I get error “ERROR: Your reply cannot be created at this time.” #CalligraphyTripBruges #FieldTripChina #MaterialTrip

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What do you mean.
We do not understand you?
What guide are you referring to?
Which problems did you need a solution for???????
Your post does not make sense. #HelpMe.ThanksForApprovedMyAccount

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Help me. Thanks for approved my account

I can create guide for you. It is possible to share?.

What kind of problems can you solve for us?

I ma from Finland. #HelpMe.ThanksForApprovedMyAccount

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Last year my Husband and I spent three weeks on a custom trip to China.  We went to places the usual tourist groups don’t go and I studied painting with several artists.  We planned our trip through “Wild China” who specializes in custom tours.  https://www.wildchina.com/ #CalligraphyTripBruges #FieldTripChina #MaterialTrip

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Hello Krista (and others)

We are actually organising a educational trip like that the end of May. Together with our Confucius institute in Bruges, Belgium, we are planning a two week trip visiting musea and places where they make the materials used for calligraphy and painting 🙂 #CalligraphyTripBruges #FieldTripChina #MaterialTrip

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I found some videos about the production of various painting materials

I found some videos about the production of various painting materials. Its very interesting.

Where is the ‘Chinese Color ‘ comes from ? | More China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOuUCyw52UQ

Episode 5: She Inkstone 第五集：歙砚 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH_DAd077TQ

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Field trip to China?

I just found this site, and I’m really happy about it! Amazing.

Specially after seeing the articles of brush making and inkstones and so forward have made me think that it would be really interesting to make some sort of study/field trip to China and actually see these things I read about.

I wonder if anyone else would share this interest to do some sort of study trip?

To see art in museums, galleries, see the places and people who make the equipment we can use for creating art, meet people who are in this field and maybe even paint something in the “real environment”. Would also be great to get some lessons from teachers/artists about painting and the philosophy behind Chinese art.

Before finding this site I tried to see if anyplace would offer some sort of workshops or other short courses to Chinese brush painting but most were either 1h things for tourists to try brush painting/calligraphy ( not that satisfying in my opinion as I have done this for some years already ), or really long courses that take months. Unfortunately, at least I can only do like two week holiday. But maybe with the help of this community I could either find travel companions for this or get hints on where to visit and who to contact in order to create holiday like this.

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THE BIG QUESTION. 😉
Can Inkston.com get something like these Foo Dog Seal Stone Cases?????????????????????????? #NaturalPigments

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This is the result of my irritance with Maries Paints.
Sick of the ruin and money waste of Maries inability to sell non-exploding paint tubes I have  decided the extra expense of Sakura is worth it.  Tricky to come by but I think inkston.com sell them also, you pay a little extra but hopefully inkston.com  can find some 12 tube boxes.
ALSO with the 24 tube set you get one tube of GOLD PAINT. Which is Gold Leaf and sparkles like  diamonds in all colours including your black ink. 

The reason I have changed is because I got tired of the lacking quality of packaging from Maries.

IF YOU ARE NEW to the Chinese Arts IF you are ok with the cost increase I would recommend Sakura paints. They are mineral  which means they are NOT dyes so by majority of use they mix perfectly with the soot carbon granules of Chinese Soot Ink but moreover they do NOT seperate from the ink when the water pulls it through the fibres of the paper. It will “tide” exactly like the ink does.
The benefit of this is that the soot does NOT get left behind while the water pulls the colour through the paper fibres leaving a pale colour stain all the way to the edge of the water “tide”.  Which happens with Western paints.

Another reason why traditionalistically I ONLY use Chinese materials for my Chinese Art because the Chinese were creating these materials thousands of years before the west and they know how it’s done.

My oppinion of Sakura paints in use?
The colours are incredibly opaque. What this means is that you use less paint. Because it has incredible covering power.
Also the radiance of the subtle pastels colours is beautiful.  Its a real joy to mix and watch the reuslts in the bowl and then see it on the paper.
The “light-fastness” of the paints is reported to be about 98% fast across the spectrum. Which you would expect with mineral based colours.

And for those intrigued with my Foo Dog seal case….. here he is dissected. 🙂
I have not put any seal paste in the bowl yet as I have not cut the stones.
This is another reason getting out into China is worth it because you just see so many things that are NOT on the market to the West.

I hope this post was useful to someone who takes the Chinese Arts as seriously as we do.
Best wishes…
Neil Armstrong.
Alias… RaggedyBird.com #NaturalPigments

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this website is for me helpful

Hmm i found this website to resolve my life problems #ThisWebsiteIsForMeHelpful

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Reply To: Grind colour inksticks

I like this porcelain inkstone. It is very beautiful! #ColourInkstick #Grinding #InkPalette #Inkstone #PorcelainInkstone

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