On April the 3rd in The Netherlands, I attended and participated in the exposition of “Rudie Arens” (a brother of my mother): “A family of artists and goldsmiths”. The exposition is open until June the 6th, 2010. My uncle is 91 years old, still working (f ... Continue Reading
Before I left for the USA on March the 2nd, I just had finished my new Kamakura-Red Ware inspired by Kamakura Bori (woodcarving). I took pictures and was able to finish my second booklet of Ceramics Adventures in Japan II “Kamakura-Red” and got it all printed. But onl ... Continue Reading
There was another article about me in the monthly ASAHI Kamakura newspaper on December 1, 2009. It talks about my red shiny Kamakura Red! They explain who I am, that I come from Holland and that I burn Horsehair on my pots, that I won several awards for the horsehair technique e ... 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
Today was my last day of the show. It was quite a rainy day. Luckily, still some friends and interested people came. I enjoyed my exhibition tremendously and it looked beautiful in this Ginsuzu (Silver Bell) Gallery. On Sunday, the reception had a great outcome with wonderful fri ... Continue Reading
At the moment, I have my exhibition at the Ginsuzu Gallery in Kamakura, Japan, from November 12 – 17, 2009. Please, watch the YOU TUBE video. It is a nice gallery. A little bit small or I have too many pieces, but nevertheless, I made it work again and it looks great! The ... Continue Reading
The Kamakura Town Newspaper wrote an article about me and my upcoming exhibition at the Ginsuzu Gallery from November 12 – 17, 2009. The Town News Heading. The article talks about who I am, what I do; my Horsehair and Kamakura Red ... Continue Reading
I went to a workshop of Jeff Oestreich on Saturday, February 28 at the Trax Gallery in Berkeley, CA: http://www.traxgallery.com/. He is born in 1947, and is a ceramic artist who lives in Taylors Falls, Minnesota. He studied at the Bemidji State University, and the University of M ... Continue Reading
Yesterday, I went to Fresno with Yonsoo Chung to go to the reception of the California Clay ’08 exhibition with selected works from the Association of Clay and Glass Artists at the Fresno City College in the Art Space Gallery. They used my horsehair plate for the invitation ... Continue Reading
The last day we finished several projects and raku fired our glazed pots. Steve explains how the procedure goes. Steve starts the gas firing.The temperature will be at 900 Celsius in 1 hr. Almost ready for take out. Jennifer taking out pots. You put the pots in a trash can. ... Continue Reading
