Yuki Shibazaki-san, the owner of the Ginsuzu Gallery, is a writer. She published a book about the influence of the Japanese culture on the way of life of 43 foreigners living in Japan and I am one of them. The title is: “Watashi Nihon no koko ga suki”: I like Japa ... Continue Reading
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
Tonight, I was on Japanese television at 5.55pm for 5 minutes at Channel 5, TV Kanagawa! Well, it was a little bit later and I was very excited and nervous. Two days before Ishihara-san came to my house and filmed for about 2 hours. He had a very good eye to put things together ... Continue Reading
Swan Art Gallery is open from Tuesday – Sunday from 10:00 – 16:00. Only Mondays closed. Please, feel free to come in and look and enjoy my “Kamakura Red” and “Horsehair” Ceramics. WELCOME!!! . Continue Reading
Two days ago I had the opening of my gallery in my little house in Kamakura. The weather was beautiful and it was a perfect day. Some old and new friends came and some interested people who read the news of the opening in the newspaper or had heard it on the Kamakura 82.8FM ra ... Continue Reading
This Saturday, January 16, 2010 I will open the ” Swan Art Gallery” in my house in Kamakura, Japan. It will open at 10:00am and I will give pottery demonstrations on the wheel at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00pm. You are all very welcome! After that the gallery will be open o ... Continue Reading
Yesterday, Eiko Yokoyama-san interviewed me for about 2 hours at the Kamakura Radio Station 82.8 FM. It was a direct broadcast. I went together with Yuki Shibazaki-san from the Ginsuzu Gallery. We talked about my art, especially the “Kamakura Red” ware. I had broug ... 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
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
