German ceramic artist Karin Flurer-Bruenger views a set of porcelain themed with "Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" at a porcelain store at Taoxichuan Ceramic Art Avenue in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, April 8, 2025.

Karin Flurer-Bruenger is a participant in the Migratory Bird Program at Jingdezhen's Taoxichuan Art Center -- an initiative launched in 2015 to invite artists from around the world to live, create and exchange ideas in Jingdezhen City, east China's Jiangxi Province.

Though raised in a family of engineers, it was the texture of wet clay, not machinery, that captured her imagination early on.

As she recalled, her father was a mechanical engineer and inventor, who was always sketching his new ideas. That early exposure sparked her interest in handmade work. To pursue that interest, she apprenticed with a master potter.

In Jingdezhen, where ancient craftsmanship meets global creativity, Flurer-Bruenger has found both inspiration and innovation. She's experimenting with thin-body and openwork porcelain techniques -- honed through local mentorship and supported by the studio's shared kilns.

"I have all the possibilities around me -- with kilns, places, and people who are really specialized in ceramics, in porcelain, and lots of nice exhibitions. So I'm very happy to be here," Flurer-Bruenger said. (Xinhua/Du Juanjuan)