Leonard Burch on sun 21 mar 10
Scott Paraday and California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) ceramic=3D=
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department=3D92s Clay Club of will be sponsoring a 4 day workshop by Masaka=
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Kusakabe and Marc Lancet April 19th =3D96 22nd. All are invited. We will =
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be=3D20
loading and firing our new Woodfired Sasukenei Smokeless kiln during the=3D=
20=3D
workshop. As many of you know, Kusakabe is master potter and kiln builde=
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r=3D20
from Japan. To learn more about Kusakabe, follow this link :=3D20
http://www.miharuarts.com/kusakabe/index.php
Steven Branfman on tue 23 mar 10
Friends,
I've been reading the comments about teabowls; their meaning, significance=
=3D
, identity, and I'm prompted to share two things.
I met Kusakabe here in Boston some months ago at a firing of one of his sm=
=3D
okeless kilns at the Nobles School. He is a kind, sweet man with an incred=
=3D
ible amount of knowledge and experience to share. If you have the opportun=
=3D
ity, go to his workshop. I hesitated but I gave him a chawan of mine as a=
=3D
gift. He held it, turned it, examined it with his eyes and his hands. His=
=3D
acceptance of my gift was greeted with a gift to me of one of his pieces.=
=3D
Still I wasn't sure that he approved of my chawan. The confirmation came=
=3D
when he made tea and used my chawan to drink it.
I have had a selection of my chawan's in a traveling exhibition in Europe.=
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A catalog of the participants is being prepared and I was asked to submit=
=3D
a statement about my chawan's. Because the text is being included in Engl=
=3D
ish, French, and Dutch, each artist statement is limited to 450 characters=
=3D
(not words but characters) . 450 characters is not alot. I'd like to shar=
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e my statement with all of you.=3D20
"A chawan is unique. There must be a dedication, an inspiration and grow=3D
from within you. My son Jared made the most exquisite chawan from the dep=
=3D
ths of his soul. On September 27, 2005 Jared passed away from cancer. He=3D
was 23 years old. A week after his passing I threw a bowl. I then made on=
=3D
e each day for a year. That year they were the only pots I made. My chawan=
=3D
are from my heart. They are in Jared=3DE2=3D80=3D99s memory. I hope you ca=
n see=3D
them the way I do."
best to all,
Steven
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:30:25 -0700
From: Mike Gordon
Subject: Fwd: Masakazu Kusakabe at Sacramento State University
For anybody in the area. Nice tea bowls on his web site. Mike Gordon
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Leonard Burch
> Date: March 21, 2010 2:08:27 PM PDT
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Masakazu Kusakabe at Sacramento State University
> Reply-To: Leonard Burch
>
> Scott Paraday and California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)=3D3D20
> ceramic
> department=3D3D92s Clay Club of will be sponsoring a 4 day workshop by=3D=
3D2=3D
0
> Masakazu
> Kusakabe and Marc Lancet April 19th =3D3D96 22nd. All are invited. We =
=3D
=3D3D
will=3D3D20
> be
> loading and firing our new Woodfired Sasukenei Smokeless kiln during=3D3D=
2=3D
0=3D3D
> the
> workshop. As many of you know, Kusakabe is master potter and kiln=3D3D20
> builder
> from Japan. To learn more about Kusakabe, follow this link :
> http://www.miharuarts.com/kusakabe/index.php
Steven Branfman
43 Chinian Path
Newton, MA 02459
ph: 617 964 0442
Fax: 781 449 9098
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Lee Love on tue 23 mar 10
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Steven Branfman wrote=
=3D
:
> I met Kusakabe here in Boston some months ago at a firing of one of his s=
=3D
mokeless kilns
>at the Nobles School. He is a kind, sweet man with an incredible amount of=
=3D
knowledge
>and experience to share.
He is a really nice person. Generous! He helped a
friend of mine get her career started in Japan. Which is often
difficult as a foreigner.
>
> "A chawan is unique. There must be a dedication, an inspiration and grow =
=3D
from within you. >My son Jared made the most exquisite chawan from the dept=
=3D
hs of his soul. On September >27, 2005 Jared passed away from cancer. He wa=
=3D
s 23 years old. A week after his passing I >threw a bowl. I then made one e=
=3D
ach day for a year. That year they were the only pots I
>made. My chawan are from my heart. They are in Jared=3D92s memory. I hope =
yo=3D
u can see >them the way I do."
What a great memorial! Do you have any images up?
This is what Rob Silberman wrote about tea bowls in his description of
my 55 tea bowls for my 55th year show:
"The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
small-scale, seemingly constricted form that challenges the artist to
go beyond mere technical virtuosity and find an approach that both
satisfies and transcends the conventions."
You can find the full essay here:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=3D3Ddhfk49bv_98gdn88phn
Photos of the 55 bowls here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/togeika/55TeaBowls?feat=3D3Ddirectlink
--
Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
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