This month I would have been on a visiting pottery tour in China organized by Guangzhen “Po” Zhou. Of course, I could not join, but Po Zhou was so wonderful to take pictures of my Kamakura-red Bamboo Teapot, which is permanently displayed in the exhibition hall for internati ... Continue Reading
- Yixing Ceramic Museum: Today, I received the news from Guangzhen “Po” Zhou, that my Kamakura Red Teapot is received by the Yixing Ceramics Museum and permanently accepted in their special exhibition hall for international teapots! This is wonderful. Unfortunately, ... Continue Reading
On April 27, I went to Shanghai to bring my “Kamakura-Red Bamboo” Teapot, which was selected for The 2010 International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Teapot Art, Shanghai, China. On the 28th we first went to Ge Jun Pottery Arts Center. Mr. Ge Jun is a researche ... Continue Reading
A piece of mine “The Kamakura Red PEONY Vase” is accepted at the Jingdezhen International Ceramic Fair and send there by Guangzhen “Po” Zhou, who is born in Shanghai China in 1953, is a ceramic artist and writer, director of the Chinese Ceramic Art Counci ... Continue Reading
The award ceremony of the 8th International Ceramics Competition Mino, Japan was on August the 1st, 2008. I left on the train from Kamakura early in the morning. I arrived 3 1/2 hours later just in time for the Opening Ceremony. After the opening talk by the mayor of the city and ... Continue Reading
Arakawa Toyozo was a “National Living Treasure” because of his exquisite Shino and Setoguro ceramics works. He rediscovered the Shino ware. They said Shino ware was produced in Seto, but he found shards in Mino to prove that the Shino wares were fired around Toki and Tajimi C ... Continue Reading
I went to the Mino area with their famous pottery of Shino, Oribe, Yellow Seto “Kiseto”, and Seto Black “Setoguro. The Mino area is a little northwest of Kyoto, near Nagoya, with its center of Toki city and Tajimi city. They manufactured pottery of representativ ... Continue Reading
The catalogue of the 6th Mashiko International Ceramics Competition 2006. The Hamada Shoji winning award. The Kamoda Shoji winning award. My “Horsehair vase” Special Judges’ winning award. The Commendation Award work of Hank Murrow, the other American in ... Continue Reading
Last Saturday, was the presentation of the awards of the 6th Mashiko International Ceramics Competition 2006 in Japan. The two main awards are the Shoji Hamada Award (judged primarily on the basis of how successfully they combine the elements of form and function), and the Shoji ... Continue Reading
The next day, we went to “The Mashiko Reference Collection Museum” of Hamada Shoji. Mashiko is a world famous potting center that is forever indebted to one man: Hamada Shoji. He found self-acceptance and understanding from his work, family, friends, and the art he c ... Continue Reading
