It has been a while I wrote a blog. I am already preparing my next show in November in the Toko Gallery in Mashiko. I had a show there also in 2007 and they show continually work from me. My theme for the show is: “Wings: Love is a bird, it needs to fly”. So, I am d ... Continue Reading
I went to Mashiko for the award ceremony and brought my new work to the Toko Gallery. They really like my red ware and I also sold quite some little horsehair vases. This is my showcase. You see it right away when you enter the store. Continue Reading
Every time I’m in Japan I go to Mashiko to visit some friends and the Toko Gallery. I go with a train from Kamakura straight to Utsunomiya which takes 3 hours. Then I take the bus to Mashiko for one hour and arrive at the Toko Gallery or go to Furuki-san and will meet with ... Continue Reading
Yesterday, my exhibition finished and I am returning to Kamakura. It seems like I haven’t been there in ages, but it has been just two weeks or already two weeks. The time flew by and so many things happened. It was all wonderful and is difficult to express it all in words ... Continue Reading
It is wonderful to be in Mashiko. First, of course of my own exhibition. I meet a lot of interesting people and they are all very serious and respectful about my work. They examine my pieces thoroughly as if they want to connect to the piece, get a feeling for the piece. The lang ... Continue Reading
I would like to thank my friends who helped wonderfully with the show, the reception and the party. It would have been nothing without them: Stuart, Olivia and the Tamura family. Stuart, who took me to Costco the day before and who drove us up from Kamakura to Mashiko. Luckily, t ... Continue Reading
This is my exhibition at the Toko Gallery in Mashiko, Japan. It was all quite exciting, because the evening before and during the night there had been a big typhoon, which was moving up north during the morning and we were following driving north. We, our friend Stuart and his da ... Continue Reading
The translation of the introduction written by the curator of The Ceramics art Museum in Mashiko: “Horsehair Vase”- this unusual named vase won the Judges’ Special Award in the 6th Mashiko International Ceramics Competition 2006 of Japan, chosen by one of the juries ... Continue Reading
This Mashiko exhibition poster was designed by my oldest son, Roland. Continue Reading
