First, I would like to wish every body who reads my website/blog a very happy and healthy New Year 2012 with hope for lots of new possibilities and adventures! It has been exactly a month ago that I wrote a blog. Too long, but lots happened. Of course, the holidays and we went t ... Continue Reading
Two weeks ago I received my new spray booth. The old one was too small for my big work. I can use it now after some minor installation problems. In the meantime, it is almost a month ago that I wrote a blog. I have been very busy. First of course, I have my radiation every weekd ... Continue Reading
Today, (Monday, August the 1st) I had my 3rd chemo. Everything went well. You are there the whole day, but they take good care of you. The medications also keeps you going. So, I quickly want to show you some pictures of the decorations I finished on 3 big plates. They are still ... Continue Reading
All my hair is gone. I looked very old and sick with just some hair and bold patches, so, Adriaan helped me with shaving it off. It looks much better and young again and Adriaan thinks I am a model now! I get to play with lots of scarfs, hats and wigs and this one is a Dutch ... Continue Reading
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
Adriaan and I are going for one week to Japan. I am done with all the examinations. The second biopsy of a different mass, which they discovered in the same breast on the MRI, was negative: a fibroadenoma. But they discovered something one my bones. So, I had a bone scan. First, ... Continue Reading
My second booklet: “Kamakura-Red”, Ceramic Adventures in Japan II, a brief autobiography got printed this month. I am very proud of this publication. A lot of work in research, in authorization of pictures, in writing and editing in Microsoft brought a wonderful resu ... Continue Reading
I decided to stay for a while in the US because of all the disastrous events in Japan. It is not finished yet, and because I have the chance to stay away, I think it is better. Although, I feel guilty and also want to go back and help. I also live there, feel connected and we mad ... Continue Reading
Some new work for the “Sakura” Exhibition. These are 3-in-1 Kamakura-Red “Sakura” boxes. The big Kamakura-Red “Sakura” Box. The smallest of the three. Big Kamakura-Red “Sakura” Plate. Kamakura-Re ... Continue Reading
