On May 25, I met with the exhibition coordinator, assistant director, and director of LQTXN (Longquan Taoxichuan) to discuss exhibition possibilities. In the end, there wasn't enough interest for a group exhibition. Many of us were struggling with unfamiliar clay bodies and experimental glazes, dealing with cracking, warping, and other ceramic failures. Because I was making large-scale wall work, the only realistic venue for me was the main gallery.

Since I last checked in a few weeks ago, it feels like a lifetime of creative process. Residencies tend to ramp up the intensity, and those of us that belong to the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) had a May 20th deadline to get photos for the catalogues of our new works out. Kilns were humming and spray guns glazing.

People are arriving on their own time, some arrived a couple of weeks before me and two more are still coming from India. We will be about 16 artists in the residencies from Australia and New Zealand to India, Belarus, Serbia, UK, China, Canada (me!), Brazil and Argentina.