See Rachel work…

In the previous post, I spoke about an afternoon of studio visits in the Taopu district of Shanghai with Michael … More

Casting doubt? – Taopu studios

In a previous blog post, I spoke of a recent meeting with Michael Kurcfeld, an arts and culture editor and … More

Hello May! My favourite month of the year for so many reasons…summer and sunshine is on its way, my birthday … More

Last Monday morning, I went to interview contemporary Chinese artist Xu Zhen, founder of MadeIn Company at his Taopu studio … More

Before I jet off to the UK for a three-week interlude with family, friends and PhD land, I thought I … More

Sometimes in Shanghai things happen that make you wonder whether it is a “real” experience, whether it is a coincidental … More

I thought it was about time I uploaded some photographs of my teaching sessions from this semester at the Academy … More

Wednesday, my usual PhD research day, was spent at artists’ studios in the Taopu district of Shanghai. It is one … More

Tuesday began like this… …a bit different from Monday morning’s smog. Tuesday also began with a little Rachel administration, work … More

Now, where are we up to? Oh, that’s right…the 13th November…still two weeks of catch-up to go. An odd few … More