JINGDEZHEN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger is a participant in the Migratory Bird Program at Jingdezhen's Taoxichuan Art Center -- an initiative launched in 2015 to invite artists from around the world to live, create, and exchange ideas in Jingdezhen City, east China's Jiangxi Province.
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger shows artwork at her studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger works at her studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger works at her studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger works at her studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
Though raised in a family of engineers, it was the texture of wet clay, not machinery, that captured her imagination early on.
As she recalled, her father was a mechanical engineer and inventor, who was always sketching his new ideas. That early exposure sparked her interest in handmade work. To pursue that interest, she apprenticed with a master potter.
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger shows the German term “Kaoline” written in her book at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
In Jingdezhen, where ancient craftsmanship meets global creativity, Flurer-Bruenger has found both inspiration and innovation. She's experimenting with thin-body and openwork porcelain techniques -- honed through local mentorship and supported by the studio's shared kilns.
This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows a relic of the large-scale opencast mining site of the Kaolin clay in Gaoling Village, Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows Kaolin clay displayed in Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows a memorial of the naming place of “Kaolin”, the white clay used in Jingdezhen's ceramics, in Gaoling Village, Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
This photo taken on April 9, 2025 shows the ancient wharf ruins on Dongbu ancient street in Yaoli Town, Fuliang County, Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
Tourists experience the creation of ceramic art at a pottery studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
"I have all the possibilities around me -- with kilns, places, and people who specialize in ceramics and porcelain and have lots of nice exhibitions. So I'm very happy to be here," Flurer-Bruenger said.
German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger poses for a photo at her studio at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)
Coordinators: Meng Chenguang, Chu Jiayin, Hu Zhixuan
