Welcome to this weeks Showcase Sunday where I share some old posts of mine. These were all published on Steem BC (Before Centralisation). It is nice to be able to give them a second airing as some flew under the rewards radar.
China collection
I have only visited China 3 times for my work, although with the adventures I've had over there it feels like a lot more.
Due to this Pandemic and also the fact that China is becoming a pretty big superpower I see lots of negativity towards it as a country and it's people. Much of this I think is pure ignorance which is being exploited by politics. China is getting too strong for their own boots and since the usual enemy Russia isn't scaring the public anymore due to the lies being told and then being proven false we need a new enemy and China is it.
But, let me tell you something. China is different, they don't play by the same rules as the rest of the world they don't have a four year election cycle of promises, broken promises and new promise just before the next election which is what most countries have. Their leaders think in the long term and their people have a different outlook on life as a cog in the communist machine. I am not saying it is right or wrong. I am just saying it is different and to think of them by our set of learned standards is arrogant and wrong.
Hold on, scrap that last paragraph, this wasn't supposed to be a political rant. Who the hell do I think I am? Noam Chomsky? Trying to Manufacture some sort of consent? No, nothing like that, I just think that before you Judge China maybe you should visit it first.
'Sculpture, sand sculpture Ammonite, That is what you are here to talk about'. What follows are my sculptures and adventures in China. As always. click the image to go to the post.
Don Quixote/ The Luliang Pact - sand sculpture
I start with one of my least favourite sculptures and my first visit to China. This one was made using specials coloured sand and it was a very though project. The cultural differences were an eye opener for me. Not just of the Chinese but of my international colleagues.
Zhoushan 2004 - sand sculpture
Taking the long way around the world from Canada to China made for a fun arrival. Working with terrible sand and having to carve left handed made for a very interesting project but we all had a jolly good laugh.
Zhoushan 2007 - sand sculpture (Part 1)
Olympics sculpting in a typhoon was the subject of this first post from Zhoushan 2007. Having a little holiday beforehand made it manageable.
Zhoushan 2007 - sand sculpture (Part 2)
My second sculpture from Zhoushan. After the storm blew over it was a nice finish to this project and then another holiday sleeping on the great wall.
