Lee Love on sun 30 may 04
Put some more photos up:
http://public.fotki.com/togeika/mashiko_v/carton.html
First photo is of Tony and Carol lounging in Shoji Hamada's
living room. Saw an interesting show of modern ceramic work at the
Togei Messe. Got to pick the cup and saucers we used: Carol pick a
runny ash set, I pick a Murota set and Tony pick a set made by a
sempai of mine (I told Tony after he picked it.) Also saw a show at
Toko gallery, one of small, unglazed teapots (can't remember
whatchacallit, YiXing style?) and also some fine work by a Korean
potter who studied in Mashiko (Carol bought a pouring bowl and Tony two
summer tea bowls.)
Went back to Matsuzaki Ken's show at Kanoya Gallery. Someone
bought the Shino matchawan Tony liked. I include some photos of
Matsuzaki's pottery. This guy uses no computer program and no glaze
calculation, but I wish I could study glazes with him. (I will see what
I can do for my next glaze tests. )
. But beware, don't let children or small animals view these photos,
unless they are accompanied by a certified "glaze guru"!: ;-) The
first pot is glazed in Oribe green. Yikes! The rest of the glazes
are pitted, crazed and crawled. Aesthetically stupendous, but
considered "flawed" by industrial standards. The gallery owner was
very gracious and gave us each two catalogs, including a thick one from
a couple shows ago. I will scan some photos from the catalogs later,
including an image of a shino bowl that is a lot like the one Tony liked.
We also visited Jean's favorite Junk/antique store, Mugendo's.
We drooled over one of my favorite polk-a-dot Hamada matchawan they have
there, with a $2,500.00 sticker on it. Carol bought an old abacus, I
bought an unusual metal hip flask for $15.00 (same shape as Okinawan hip
flask, but made of chromed metal with two screw on caps.)
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in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://journals.fotki.com/togeika/Mashiko/ Commentary On Pottery
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