Alexander Salazar has his fine arts gallery in downtown San Diego. He liked my Kamakura-Red glaze so much, that he asked me to make some work. So, when I went down to San Diego from San Francisco to help my oldest son with his conference, I brought a big red plate to the galle ... Continue Reading
I am preparing for a month long trip. First, I will go to the US and help our oldest with his upcoming Music and Technology Conference in San Diego: SDMTC. Please, check out his website and see if you can make it down there. After that, we all go to Holland for the Masters gradu ... Continue Reading
The Kamakura-Red “Nami” plate in the Kamakura sea of the Sagami Bay in Kamakura. Continue Reading
It has been a while I wrote a blog. I am already preparing my next show in November in the Toko Gallery in Mashiko. I had a show there also in 2007 and they show continually work from me. My theme for the show is: “Wings: Love is a bird, it needs to fly”. So, I am d ... Continue Reading
- Yixing Ceramic Museum: Today, I received the news from Guangzhen “Po” Zhou, that my Kamakura Red Teapot is received by the Yixing Ceramics Museum and permanently accepted in their special exhibition hall for international teapots! This is wonderful. Unfortunately, ... Continue Reading
I made some Kamakura Red big vases for an order. It was a challenge, because to throw the vase in one time with the clay I use is very difficult. So, it threw it in two and three parts and then when the clay was firmed up, you put the parts together. After that, I conti ... Continue Reading
On April 27, I went to Shanghai to bring my “Kamakura-Red Bamboo” Teapot, which was selected for The 2010 International Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Teapot Art, Shanghai, China. On the 28th we first went to Ge Jun Pottery Arts Center. Mr. Ge Jun is a researche ... Continue Reading
I opened a store online with ETSY.COM. Please, click the yellow button on top of the page, click the URL and it will bring you in the store. Thank you for visiting. http://www.etsy.com/shop/swanceramics . Continue Reading
On April 14 I went to Kusakabe-san’s place to fire a wood kiln together and at the end at high temperature we threw salt into the kiln and got some beautiful results. Quite a small effective kiln and hardly any smoke. The fire box. View of the glow of the fi ... 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
