On May 9th, the day after I arrived from Japan, Kusakabe-san and Marc Lancet opened their show at the Trax Gallery in Berkeley, California. http://www.traxgallery.com/ Before the opening reception they held a Tea Ceremony workshop. The participants made their walk to the ceremony ... Continue Reading
And there, I finally found the museum! How could I have waited so long! Close to the Engaku-ji temple stands this beautiful old farmhouse, transferred by the owner from the Fukui Prefecture, north of Kyoto. Actually, they are 3 combined farmhouses and were built around 1850 at th ... Continue Reading
The 10-year anniversary of the building of the Dancing Fire Wood Kiln at the Solano Community College was celebrated on September 23rd, 2008. This kiln was built by Masakazu Kusakabe and Marc Lancet and lots of other people. They describe the process of the building of this kiln ... Continue Reading
The Mingei International Museum collects, preserves and exhibits arts of daily life from all cultures of the world. These are objects made by hand for use rather than intentionally as art like paintings and sculpture. A great philospher of Japan, Soetsu Yanagi, early in the 20th ... Continue Reading
Last weekend, I visited my oldest son, Roland, in San Diego. It was a great weekend. I started out with visiting Balboa Park, which is a cultural complex. Besides open areas and natural vegetation, it contains a variety of cultural attractions including museums, theaters, gardens ... Continue Reading
Today, I went to the Tableware Festival in Tokyo Dome. Like last year, again so many beautiful table settings and so much choice of ceramic ware. And then in combination with the interior of a dining room and especially also, ikebana, flower pieces. All very beautiful. Here is a ... Continue Reading
We went to a Signature Dinner from Euan Craig at Toyado Restaurant in Nihombashi in Tokyo. At the same time, he had a ceramics exhibition at the Ebiya antique store across the street. The chef specially prepared a menu to go with Euan’s dinnerware and Euan designed his war ... Continue Reading
There were wonderful table settings at the Tableware Festival 2007 in Tokyo Dome. This one is the Autumn table setting. I like the warm feeling of it. The Lilly table setting. The Rose table setting. The Japanese Scroll table setting. A beautiful Oribe plate. Then there wer ... Continue Reading
So, in the afternoon, I went to Tokyo Dome to the Tableware Festival 2007. It was astonishing and so much to see. Yo Thom’s work. Her website: http://www.yothom.com Euan Craig’s work. Look also on my blog in the month of July for more of his work. http://www.d1.di ... 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
