Course Review: Stone Cutting with Zhenghong Wang and Tarja Tuupanen

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Artist list

Jialin Chen, Chao Deng, Haixin Huang, Danying Li, Zilong Lin, Peiyu Liu, Yufei Liu, Sixian Ma, Yuying Mao, TanYue Ouyang, Fan Pan, Yixin Qian, Miao Yao, Yili Yao, Bo Zeng, Na Zhang, Xinyue Zhang, Minghui Zhou

Just after the severe epidemic in China, the students from the Jewelry Department of the China Academy of Art began to explore stones in the recovery and prosperity. Tarja Tuupanen completed the introductory part ,the first stage of the international course. The students learned stone crafts and creative jewelry works through this online lecture. In the second stage of the course, Prof. Wang guided the students to make a series of works by using stone as main material. Every student touched, cut, and polished these products from nature while thinking about what is a stone, what is mountain and other issues. After fully experiencing the characteristics of the stone, each student found a stone that suits his personality, and produced a series of works. During this period, the  stones and metals also deeply attracted the students. Sparks produced between the hard stones and metal,creating one after another exquisite products at the same time. The study of metal stamping undoubtedly inspired the students. They were eager to work on these materials. With the modern tools and traditional crafts,the students can step further on their work, and also creates unlimited possibilities.

Course title: Stone Cutting (Materials II)
Dates: 16 Dec 2020 - 15 Jan 2021
Teaching Professor: Zhenghong Wang, Tarja Tuupanen
Teaching Assistant: Qian Xu.
Students(Artists): Third-year Undergraduate.