Artworks at Gallery 8 Archer in Tongeren, Belgium

Today, I brought art works to be included in Gallery 8 Archer owned by Nadine Van Oost in the city of Tongeren, the first established town in Belgium. The Romans ran their road, towers and walls through the city. Hence they have a beautiful Gallo-Roman museum and a big statue of the brave Ambiorix who was prince of the Eburones, leader of a Belgic tribe of north-eastern Gaul and a Belgian national hero because of his resistance against Julius Caesar, as written in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico.

Nadine’s gallery is situated in the center in an old house which she is renovating and the gallery is beautiful!

Gallery 8 Archer in downtown Tongeren.

Gallery 8 Archer in downtown Tongeren.

Kamakura-Red glaze, Horsehair Raku on glaze Chawans, Slipware colored Chawans (Japanes teabowls), Colored glazed bowls.

Kamakura-Red glaze, Horsehair Raku on glaze Chawans, Slipware colored Chawans (Japanes teabowls), Colored glazed bowls.

Cut+Paste plus Mishima plus Horsehair Raku with horsehair, sugar and fuming of ferric chloride artworks and other artists.

Cut+Paste plus Mishima plus Horsehair Raku with horsehair, sugar and fuming of ferric chloride artworks and other artists.

Nadine’s work to the left with porcelain and pewter. My works with the “Emotion” Vases and “Dance” sculptural Vases and other artists.

Nadine’s work to the left with porcelain and pewter. My works with the “Emotion” Vases and “Dance” sculptural Vases and other artists.

“Broken” Heart, “Empty” Heart, “Full-of-love” Heart Colored Slipware Vases and Colored Slipware “Dance” Sculptural Vases. Stained glass smiley face made by Nadine’s daughter.

“Broken” Heart, “Empty” Heart, “Full-of-love” Heart Colored Slipware Vases and Colored Slipware “Dance” Sculptural Vases. Stained glass smiley face made by Nadine’s daughter.

Horsehair Raku Mishima works.

Horsehair Raku Mishima works.

Red clay, white slip, engraved, colored glazes bowls.

Red clay, white slip, engraved, colored glazes bowls.

June 2021 Exhibition at the Amstelland Museum

Today, the exposition of some of my yellow-red and red Kamakura-Red works are shown in the Amstelland Museum in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel in the Netherlands.

Finally, the museum can open again and there is a groups exposition of Inge Wiedijk (Paintings and Photography), Jos Out sculptures and Swanica Ligtenberg ceramics.

https://www.historischamstelland.nl/ontdekken/museum-ouder-amstel

We’re open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 pm - 4pm: a small start of a big continuation!

SwanCeramics art works.

SwanCeramics art works.

Feeling Centered? works, Connection Vases and Wing Chalice.

Feeling Centered? works, Connection Vases and Wing Chalice.

Hokusai Wave Plate, River Bowl, Flower-of-Life Plate, Bamboo Plate and Sakura Box. All with the Kamakura-Red Glaze.

Hokusai Wave Plate, River Bowl, Flower-of-Life Plate, Bamboo Plate and Sakura Box. All with the Kamakura-Red Glaze.

Glazed Horsehair Pitchers.

Glazed Horsehair Pitchers.

Amphora, River Vase, Yellow Tripod, River Tripod.

Amphora, River Vase, Yellow Tripod, River Tripod.

"Repair your soul"

“Kintsugi” is a Japanese method of repairing broken ceramics. During my many movings from Japan back to the USA, within the USA and the return to the Netherlands, some of my work broke. Some of them beyond repair but some I was able to mend.
With this Kintsugi method the damage of the broken objects will be aggrandized by filling the cracks with GOLD. It is believed that when something suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful. “All of us developed scars throughout our lives. These scars should not be hidden. Our imperfections can be the birth of something new”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LMKGte0UU

Some of my restored work:

“Caldera” 2 times Horsehair Raku fired; fumed with Ferric Chloride and Kintsugi repair.

“Caldera” 2 times Horsehair Raku fired; fumed with Ferric Chloride and Kintsugi repair.

Cut+paste Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Cup

Cut+paste Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Cup

“In-Motion” cut+paste Horsehair Kintsugi Vase

“In-Motion” cut+paste Horsehair Kintsugi Vase

“Mishima” cut+paste Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Cup

“Mishima” cut+paste Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Cup

“Golden Sun” Glazed Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Plate

“Golden Sun” Glazed Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Plate

“Swanflower” Horsehair Raku Kinstugi Vase

“Swanflower” Horsehair Raku Kinstugi Vase

White Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Bowl

White Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Bowl

“Volcano” 2 times Horsehair Raku fired Kintsugi Bowl

“Volcano” 2 times Horsehair Raku fired Kintsugi Bowl

White Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Bowl

White Horsehair Raku Kintsugi Bowl


This weekend is the opening of my gallery and exhibition weekend

This Saturday and Sunday November 17 + 18 quite some dear friends came and I met some very nice new people visiting my new SwanCeramics Art Gallery in my house in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel.
Please, see the pictures of my sign outside and my gallery and workshop. Enjoy!

Sign in my garden

Sign in my garden

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Friend Wilma.

Friend Wilma.

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Horsehair Gingko installation.jpg

2 Artworks at the Good-bye ceremony of the mayor of Ouderkerk on Dec. 12, 2017.

The city organized a farewell party for the mayor who governed the city of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel for 10 years. Artists who had exhibited in the town hall were asked to bring some works for the festivities.

"Star Galaxy" Raku Glazed Horsehair

"Star Galaxy" Raku Glazed Horsehair

My works in the second entrance to the party.

My works in the second entrance to the party.

The Mayor saying good bye.

The Mayor saying good bye.

"The Birth of a Star" Raku Glazed Horsehair

"The Birth of a Star" Raku Glazed Horsehair

The Mayor singing with the Sailors Choir.

The Mayor singing with the Sailors Choir.

Opening of the International Ceramics Tea Ware Expo on November 5, 2017

Last Sunday was the opening of "the International Ceramic Tea Ware Expo" in Utrecht in the "Keramisch Atelier" of Brigitte Reuter in Utrecht. The Expo was curated by Lou Smedts and Brigitte had done a wonderful job with the creation of a wonderful exposition in her gallery.
 

Brigitte Reuter opened the exposition.

Brigitte Reuter opened the exposition.

Lou Smedts opening the exposition.

Lou Smedts opening the exposition.

Gilbert Ishin playing the lute at the opening of the exposition.

Some of the beautiful art works!    Please, click on this carousel for more images!

World Ceramic Craft & Art biennale in Belgium: “Bottles and Boxes”

It has been a while that I posted a blog.
But this time I will try to keep it up especially now that I created my new website which makes it easier to see my art and follow my entries.

 

Today, I will go to Vichte in Belgium to show some of my Glazed Horsehair Bottles in this exhibition and to attend the congress of lectures, movies and outings with many interesting ceramic artists from over the world.