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British Pavilion, Fu Le International Ceramic Art Museum, China. Invited residency.

In 2008 Brownsword was one of 11 artists invited by Fu Le International Ceramic Art Museum (FLICAM) to make new work for their British Pavilion. The resultant four works in part continued Brownsword's on-going inquiry into the value of human dexterity through the process of material salvage and appropriation. Other works examined aspects of cultural plagiarism from China during early British ceramic industrialisation, in relation to the current context of skill and knowledge migration from the west back to the east as a result of global economics.

Prior to the residency Brownsword was invited to work at the prestigious International Ceramic Research Centre (ICRC), Denmark ('Experimental Studio', 2008) where he conducted extensive material testing and experimental mould-making in preparation for the FLICAM commission. Whilst citing the endeavours of North Staffordshire potters in the mid-18th C in their imitation of porcelain Brownsword developed new ceramic material research, the results and theories of which were disseminated through an international master-class and lecture at the ICRC. The underpinning research of the British Pavilion commission project was presented at the 'Scholarship in Action 2' conference, Great Missenden (2009).

Through citing the 18th century Chinoiserie of North Staffordshire, Brownsword's work offered new artistic insights into the global histories of knowledge and skill transference through cultural commodities. It also examined the ethics of China as a production site for western artists, particularly in the ceramics field where artists in recent years have exploited indigenous skills and low cost manufacturing - a particular history not yet fully examined by artists.

Brownsword's four works are permanently displayed in the British Pavilion, alongside the works of over 500 international artists in 20 other pavilions. Participation has resulted in Brownsword's charter membership of the Museum. The project was funded by the Arts Council England.