Lee Love on sun 6 aug 06
pots
On 8/6/06, Lynne Antone wrote:
> Yes, I agree with Tony, a whole different philosophy with galleries and High End sales.
>Everything about the pot must scream class, from the tag to the
pedestal/holder. I think we
>may have been slacking off here and there with some of Paul's pieces
and this makes me >more aware. Think I will hand callig some tags for
his next show.
It really varies and depends on where you live. Here in Japan,
Zen and Tea Ceremony really opens up a whole new vista.
I recently learned the kanji character for Shino. Because of
this, I have been able to find a whole new bunch of photo books on
shinos at the Mashiko community center libarary.
Looking at these old shino pots, they have very little in common
with the gloopie glazed pots that pass for shino here in Japan today.
Most original shinos had very thin coats of glaze, allowing all
sorts of subtle variations to show through. Sometimes, they are
pretty pale, showing very little "fire color."
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Lee in Mashiko, Japan
http://potters.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do." - Rumi
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