Ten international artists were selected by a panel of three judges. Each artist was required to build, glaze, fire and construct a large outdoor ceramic lantern over two meters high or wide in a forty five day workshop. Applicants were required to submit proposals for a large outdoor lantern, a resume and six slides of three previous works. In the final ten days, the Yingge Ceramics Festival and Exhibition was held at the Yingge Museum in Taipei County.

Construction:
Each tier has eight slab rolled sides, tapering at a slight angle. Each level was elaborately carved and textured with spiraling star and crescent moon windows. A thick coil wove its way up each side and top of every tier, giving the lantern a sense of movement. An eighth level, woven from coils and shaped like a flame, represented transformation from the material, solid world. I had intended to use a 1200C crawl glaze, vitreous slips and brushing pigments. Eventually I was forced to fire only to 1080C and thus had to quickly change the glazes I eventually used.

"As I evolve, so does my work, my inner search is expressed externally through the clay of the earth, bringing to light new forms.
I am attracted to ceramics, as it involves all the elements, earth, water, fire, & air, which are emphasised more through woodfiring, than in any other process.
As a sculptural artist, firstly I focus on form, details such as colour, line, & texture, are secondary but still important.
Nature is both my inspiration & my teacher, and my ambitions are to keep working & transforming."