Pottery artists mold their dreams at Jingdezhen

Artist Li Jianshen is from Jiujiang of Jiangxi province, and studied at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute. [Photo/CFP]

Jingdezhen, in Jiangxi province, has over 1700 years' history of making pottery. As China is the center of the world's china production, and Jingdezhen is the center of China's china industry, many pottery artists around the world come to Jingdezhen to pursue their china dreams. It is estimated that there are 20,000 aspiring pottery artists coming to Jingdezhen each year and 1200 foreigners among them. Here are some of these artists' stories and the photos were taken between 2013-2015.