After returning to the International School of Sacred Heart we glazed bisques pots for the raku we would do the next, last day. Kusakabe-san showed us how. In the evening we enjoyed our last dinner together in a Balinese restaurant. Milan, Ixchel, Euan, Jennifer, Helen, Cat ... Continue Reading
Kusakabe-san showed us the next day how to trim Japanese tea bowls. Every tea bowl has its own characteristic foot “kodai”. He starts out trimming with a bamboo stick to make it even and to clearly mark the beginning of the bottom part of the bowl. And of cour ... Continue Reading
I am on my way back to the US and am in the train from Kamakura to Narita Airport what will take about 2 1/2 hours. A perfect time to continue my writing until the battery runs out. The 2nd day started out with a demonstration of Euan Craig to make different kinds of ceramic ware ... 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
I made some new Horsehair- and Red Ware during my weeks in the US in August and September. A lot happened. I went to San Diego to visit my oldest son Roland and celebrate his 1/4 of century birthday and to watch my youngest son, Arjan, play water polo in the USC team. He is a sen ... Continue Reading
Please, click on the image for the right dimensions. I donated some art work to Steve Tootell, a ceramics educator and potter in Japan for the past 23 years, who is a member of ‘Artists Without Borders” which includes artists; musicians; entertainers and other creative prof ... Continue Reading
I participated in TransCultural Exchange’s Final Installations – Chang Hai International in Beijing, China, and the Kanoria Centre for Arts in Ahmedabad, India. On May 14, 2004 TransCultural Exchange launched The Tile Project, Destination: The World. For this project ... 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
Work I threw on the wheel: throwing, trimming and transforming. Now, it is being bisque fired in an electric kiln and some pieces tomorrow in an oil kiln. The gray pieces are the same clay: Gotomaki with very fine charnotte or grog and for the firings for Euan’s. Kusakabe- ... Continue Reading
This is Furuki-san and his wife, Hiroko-san from the International Tougei Club in Mashiko. Some assistants, who help you and everybody with anything all day long: Kenji-san and Unno-san and Kim-san. x Continue Reading
