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Cross-cultural Identity Through Clay, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan. 4th of October to 4th of November 2018 (End of the Residency)

After all the work we finally managed to complete 10 tiles in total. The three images above is the location for the tile sculpture. In keeping with our idea we arranged the tiles to symbolise a path. Originally we kept our options open and selected a number of locations for the staff at the park to choose from. We finally agreed upon this location. What is nice about this space is that it is perched up on a hill that looks out into the distance. We arranged the sculpture to point towards the landscape in the distance to symbolise moving into different spaces. Thank  you to the staff including  Yoshiko Takahashi and  Akira Tao for helping us plan the  installation . We were hoping that we could install the sculpture before leaving the residency. However this was not possible so it will be installed after we leave by the staff. The tape around the piece marks a boundary for concrete to be placed up to and underneath the piece. The tile sculpture we be sli

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