BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8367@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240316T130000 DTSTAMP:20240223T212243Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-jacob-cha n-talk-demonstration/ SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery: Jacob Chan : Talk & Demonstration DESCRIPTION:\nJacob Chan: Talk &\; Demonstration\n\nFREE\n \;\n\n\nJ oin ceramicist Jacob Chan for a Saturday afternoon talk and demonstration. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about Chan’s process and the ins pirations behind his work.\n\nChan is based in Birkenhead\, and his work i s heavily based around his cultural background and heritage. Being half Ch inese and half English his ceramics take inspiration from traditional Chin ese shapes and forms\, whilst the surfaces are heavily decorated in slips and oxides that contain other raw materials such as sand\, slate and broke n pottery collected from around the coastlines and mountain ranges of Brit ain. He uses these materials to represent his Western culture and his cult ural journey through his creativity.\n\nWe recently acquired a brand new w ork by Chan – a Foo Dog\, which can currently be found in our Foyer.\n\n Find out more about this acquisition\n\nHowever the dog currently doesn’ t have a name\, and we’re asking our visitors to pick from the following selection:\n\nZhang Wei – Strong &\; Powerful\n\nWang Jun – King &\; Ruler\n\nLongwei – Dragons might &\; Power\n\nJingjing – A cute &\; powerful name for a foo dog\n\nYu Shi – Jade Lion\n\nYu Ling – Jade Spirit\n\nLucheng – Journey\n\nXiaolong – Little Drag on\n\nYou can case your vote for your preferred name in the gallery.\n\nA selection of Chan’s work is also available to buy. Purchases over £100 qualify for the Own Art scheme\, which makes it easy and affordable for an yone and everyone to buy contemporary art and craft. To find out more spea k to a member of the Front of House team.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/02/dog-square.jpg.webp CATEGORIES:Talks LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom GEO:53.384568;-3.040443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirral\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wil liamson Art Gallery & Museum:geo:53.384568,-3.040443 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR