I am still in the US or returned to the US from Holland after all the family celebrations. We had a wonderful time being together with our small family and big family especially to celebrate the MSc graduation of my son Maarten in Holland. (from left to right: Arjan, Maarten, R ... Continue Reading
On May 9th, the day after I arrived from Japan, Kusakabe-san and Marc Lancet opened their show at the Trax Gallery in Berkeley, California. http://www.traxgallery.com/ Before the opening reception they held a Tea Ceremony workshop. The participants made their walk to the ceremony ... Continue Reading
Guangzhen Po Zhou, who chose my red teapot for the International Contemporary Teapot Exhibition made a poster with 100 teapots selected from six exhibitions. He also chose to put my teapot on this poster: “100 Contemporary Teapots of West”. Thank you, Po Zhou. Continue Reading
The opening reception gala of the 50st International Exhibition at the San Diego Art Institute was on March the 20st. My husband, Adriaan, son, Arjan, and I drove down from the Bay Area. We stopped at Arjan’s dorm house in Los Angeles. They drove all the way and it took us ... 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
I received the news that my “Golden Lotus Horsehair Vessel” is accepted by the San Diego Art Institute: Museum of the Living Artist in their 50th International Juried Awards Exhibition. The exhibition is from March 20 – May 10, 2009. Continue Reading
Last Friday was the reception of the opening of the Holiday Show at the Gallery House. The show looks great and I made some new 2D Horsehair Wall Art. I had fun making the “Flying High Wings”. They are made from one plate. Some red war in the front room of the ga ... Continue Reading
The 10-year anniversary of the building of the Dancing Fire Wood Kiln at the Solano Community College was celebrated on September 23rd, 2008. This kiln was built by Masakazu Kusakabe and Marc Lancet and lots of other people. They describe the process of the building of this kiln ... Continue Reading
Masakazu Kusakabe-san and Marc Lancet gave a workshop together on Spetember 13 in Santa Clara at ClayPlanet. They wrote a book together about Japanese Wood-Fired Ceramics and built the Dancing Wood Fire Kiln at Solano College in California. Marc Lancet is the Director of the Dep ... Continue Reading
The second exhibit opened in the Gallery House in Palo Alto. It is a Coop gallery with lots of art media. The month June is always the 3D SHOW and this time the title is: “Cast of Characters”. www.galleryhouse2.com Gallery House Exhibit . “Many Paths in Life&# ... Continue Reading
