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   26th January 2021  In  Exploring History   Our Digital Projects Officer, Feixue Huangdu, is currently in China developing partnerships with a range of organisations. She is sharing her journey in a new lockdown travel blog series about Chinese cultural heritage. The first in this series explores the fascinating life and career of Cao Aiqin, famous female ceramicist. Cao Aiqin was born into a family of ceramicists in April 1954, Jingdezhen City. At an early age, Aiqin followed her father, Mr Caoyouheng, to the ceramics factory where he worked in Jingde Town. This was an influential part of Aiqin’s life, as she learnt the practice from her father. She quickly grew to love ceramic arts and learnt from the old school artists. People affectionately called her ‘The Daughter of the God of Wind and Fire’ thanks to her work. Aiqin followed the famous master of seal cutting, Mr Yang Zhengsheng, in the 1970s in order to learn more about art and the particular art of seal carving. She engaged i

   6th January 2021  In  Industry Trends And Critical Analysis ,  News And Opportunities As my time at Culture Syndicates comes to an end, I am beyond grateful for the opportunities that I’ve had as part of the team. Having started out with CS right at the grass-roots level, as a Heritage Assistant in 2015, I moved up to being Project Manager of the Resilience Syndicate project in 2016, and finally to my current role as Head of Projects in 2018 – through all of these roles, I’ve learned so much, and developed my knowledge about the heritage and cultural sector extensively. I’ve loved working on a wide variety of heritage and cultural projects, getting to know so many different people and having a fabulous time all the while!  With my lovely Resilience Syndicate team, I achieved so much – from engaging communities in so many ways, to helping our fabulous partners develop new projects and even organising a pony to visit a care home – it was an absolute blast. It was a pleasure to see my