Mel Jacobson on sun 27 jul 97
hamda sensai,
his big bowls were about 24"....some larger, some smaller. lucky enough to
have been there, and the rice dish was , i think, just old rice with tea
added...sorta a snack. but who knows what mrs. hamada may have planned
that day... may have been miso soup with rice too. and or anyone of 100
combinations.
the cool glasses folded in the center. made a small packet...very old ww2
glasses, but he wore them to be cool....sat in a charles emes chair on his
front deck. not bad. just remeber, he was not a simple dirt potter....he
was international, very.... had a ph.d in chemistry....
mel
and remember, he had a big factory, many people working for him, throwers,
workers, and a wonderful woman that did a great deal of the brush work on
the pots...it is not as it seems on that viedo....nice film, but not really
the way an average day went in that pottery.
Dannon Rhudy on mon 28 jul 97
Thanks, Mel, for that input. I had heard some of those things
before, the degree in chemistry, that he was wealthy and so on,
but it is nice to hear it from someone who was actually there.
You were most fortunate. Tell us more!
Hamada gets romaticized more than a bit, as does Yanagi. Heros
do, of course. Wonder what a day in their lives was really like,
when they were just hangin' out with Leach or moving the furniture
around at Lucie Rie's...
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
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hamda sensai,
his big bowls were about 24"....some larger, some smaller. lucky
enough to
have been there,
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