This is the famous Baixu, known far and wide for her charisma and charm. Baixu's job is to look after all of the artists at the Pottery Workshop and make sure their stay runs smoothly. Her English is extremely good and she sure is one cheeky little monkey, as you can see here.
So off we went in taxis into the city to buy get some hand carved rubber stamps made. Most of the girls wanted to get makers marks, but their were lots of other designs there too.
This is the street the stamp maker was on. Its a busy little artery; with pedestrians on their way to work in their socks and sandals and suits on, busy with hungry people on the hunt for their breakfast of steaming bauzu's (buns with fillings), and busy with machines beeping and whirring and crashing- cranes, trucks, tractors, motorbikes, and cars. China is inventing itself by the moment so it is deafeningly loud 23 hrs a day.
This is how business is done in the stamp shop. You sit on a stool that is about 10cm off of the ground with the shop keeper (bizarre) and the lady writes out your receipt after nodding repeatedly that she understood your charades about the details of your stamp.
Red ink made from an ancient chinese recipe and used on all government documentation. Baixu said it is special because you can rub it out easily... ha ha ha.. no wonder it is special government ink. Convenient!
A hand carved rubber stamp- GEE WIZZ. You would need your magnifying glass goggles on to do this job.
The stamp Doctor, in his lab, coat craving our stamps whilst we waited.
The tools of the trade- no bells or whistles here... rubber and a stanley knife.
Books of designs for people to choose from. These deers were particularly lovely.
Our crew checking out the handy work of the stamp man. He just finished making one of the girls a tree.
Now back to the studio to get on with our projects.
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