I had the fortune to go back to Fujiwara-san. During the workshop I had started making a sign for my gallery from a slab of clay. I wasn’t able to finish then, so now that my exhibition is finished, I returned to Mashiko. It was wonderful again to be there and see all the a ... Continue Reading
For 3 days I participated in The 10th World Art Educators’ Workshop featuring IKUZO FUJIWARA and coordinated by Steve Tootell, ceramic art and performance art director from the International School of The Sacred Heart in Tokyo and facilitated by Euan Craig, a Mashiko woodf ... Continue Reading
Yesterday, we went to an exposition from Yamato Tomoko, a friend of mine who lives in Mashiko. Now, she had a show in Tokyo in the Brocken Gallery, so we were able to go. It is a very modern gallery from concrete, nice and clean in a normal neighborhood with all houses. Tomoko-s ... Continue Reading
After Nikko we traveled to Mashiko. We had to wait a while in the city Utsunomiya to transfer, where we did some shopping and sight seeing.We saw beautiful big neon signs: “Coca Cola”!!! And of course, we found some beautiful Japanese girls! After riding the bus for ... Continue Reading
It was great to be back in Mashiko. When I got my catalogue I looked up my work and there was the picture of my Arsia Caldera Plate. They told me they had chosen the Circles of Life Plate. So, they switched the plates and the Arsia Caldera bears the name of “Circles of Life ... 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
My “Circles of Life” Horsehair Bowl received a Judges’ Commendation Award in the Mashiko Ceramics Competition of 2008! The piece will be exhibited in the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Arts from October 12 – December 7, 2008. “Life is continuous like a d ... Continue Reading
And now some results from the Sasukenei Smokeless kiln. My little pots were put any where in the kiln for certain fire/yohen effects. On this little Clover vase you see the fly ash deposits making a glaze on one side and on the other side the vitrification and starting of a glaz ... Continue Reading
The internet works better,so, I’ll try again some pictures. Some pots from Euan’s Anagama, actually, down draft wood kiln. Read his essay about his kiln firing; website given underneath. The inside of this vase is covered with a Tenmoku glaze. On the outside, you see ... Continue Reading
