457: Caroline Cheng on upcycling ceramic waste into environmental design

Today on the Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast I have an
interview with Caroline Cheng. A noted artist and curator, Cheng
has recently expanded her practice into environmental design
through the Yi Design Group. The company turns recycled ceramic
material from Jingdezhen into architectural products. In our
interview we talk about launching a design start-up, addressing
the issue of ceramic waste, and the evolution of The Pottery
Workshop. Cheng is the Executive Director of the art center,
which promotes ceramics throughout China, and has studios in
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Dali and Jingdezhen. For more information
visit www.carolinecheng.com or www.yidesigngroup.com.


 


NCECA will be hosting their first ever podcast room at this
year’s conference in Cincinnati. Thursday March 16th and Friday
March 17th there will be six hour-long live tapings of popular
ceramic podcasts. I’ll be hosting an episode titled Taking an
Environmental Approach to Making with Marianne Chénard, Julia
Galloway, and Ché R. Ochtli on Friday at 2:30 in room
212. Please drop in to experience this new interactive
format for discussion at NCECA. For more information visit
www.nceca.net. 


 


Today’s episode is brought to you by the following sponsors:


 


For the past 100 years, AMACO Brent has been creating ceramic
supplies for our community ranging from underglazes to electric
kilns, and they have no plans of slowing down. www.amaco.com


 


The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art is an on-line
source for research and inspiration, featuring images of
thousands of objects made by over 800 artists.
www.Rosenfieldcollection.com.