Ni Hao everyone! Clink on the link to side of this page which will take you to a description of my sculpture project for the festival in Kaohsiung this month.
Check out the awesome view from my hotel! I arrived in Kaohsiung today and was greeted at my hotel by two delightful univeristy students, Lea and Jin, who will be helping me gather materials and negotiate the Chinese language for a few days.
Before I left, my forage for typical household objects for this project and a few "typical" San Antonio crafts to take as gifts led me an interesting quandry. Every teddy bear, picture frame, broom, and Alamo tourist doo-dad I picked up had a sticker on it stating: "Made in China". I was seriously hard-pressed to find something authentically made in San Antonio, much less in Texas for that matter. The beautifully crafted objects I could find were: "Made in Mexico". Does San Antonio have it's own authentic culture, it's own authentic craft industry.....something with a sticker on it stating: "Made in San Antonio"? What do you think?
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