Small Favors VIII

The piece shown below will be in Small Favors VIII, an exhibition being held at The Clay Studio, 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia, PA., (215-925-3453). An invitational and juried exhibition of diminutive works, each piece exhibited is less than 4” length, 4” width, and 4” height. Ceramic sculptors Julie Moon and Michael Fujita, as well as potter Hiroe Hanazomo, were the jurors. This exhibition runs May 3rd - June 2nd, 2013.


Red Shino Guinomi





 

Yunomi Invitational 2013

AKAR Gallery, located in Iowa City, Iowa, is hosting their 6th Annual Yunomi Invitational. The wood fired pieces shown below are my selections that will be included in this year's exhibition. It is an invitational that features 200 ceramicists, each providing 5 yunomi. Traditionally, a yunomi (Japanese) is a form of tea cup which is used in daily, or informal, tea drinking. AKAR hosts this show on-line, and the work can be viewed and purchased through their website. You have to be registered to "log in" for making purchases, but not to view the yunomi. This exhibition runs April 19 - May 17. On-line purchasing begins at 10:00 AM, CST, on the 19th (April). AKAR's web site is http://www.akardesign.com/




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Vessels Gallery, Boston, MA.

I delivered these wood fired pieces, shown below, into Boston recently, and they are available through Vessels Gallery, 71 Thayer Street (450 Harrison Avenue #71), Boston, MA 02118
Phone: 617.426.1950
Hours:
Wednesday-Saturday...11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday...12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tuesday by Appointment
email: rbt@vesselsgallery.com



Guinomi (Sake Cup)

Guinomi (Sake Cup)

Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Guinomi (Sake Cup)



Tokkuri (Sake Flask)



Katakuchi (Cold Sake Pourer)



Chawan (Tea Bowl)



Sushi Plate



Incense Burner



12th Annual National Juried Cup Show

These two cups (shown below) were recently juried into the 12th Annual National Juried Cup Show,  hosted by Kent State University, and juried by Kirk Mangus,  From the 214 submissions, less than 100 were selected for exhibition. The show will run March 13th - April 20th, 2013, and is at KSU's Downtown Gallery, 141 East Main Street, Kent, OH.



Wood Fred Sake Cup

 

Wood Fired Sake Cup

Juried National II

The sake cup shown below was recently juried into Red Lodge Clay Center's "Juried National II". This second biennial was juried by Dan Anderson, and runs May 3rd through May 31st, 2013. An opening reception is slated for Friday, May 3rd, from 5 - 7 pm. The exhibition will be posted online Monday, May 6, 2013 by 10 AM Mountain Time. Red Lodge Clay Center is located at 123 South Broadway, Red Lodge, Montana. The show can be seen online by clicking  HERE

Wood-fired Sake Cup





Exhibition view showing sake cup



Tomobako

When I was in undergraduate school (East Carolina University) working towards a BFA, I was introduced to the book, "How To Wrap Five More Eggs", a publication on traditional Japanese packaging. My minor study was wood design (my major being the obvious...ceramics) so I started making wooden containers based on this concept.

Years later, I now find myself reconnected with Japanese packaging through "tomobako", or wooden presentation/storage boxes, for my ceramics. I am very fortunate to have a friend living in Japan that has these made for me and shipped over. In an effort to make these boxes more personal, and not an attempted copy, I started investigating abstract brushwork using acrylic paints. Here is a recent box, which accompanies the guinomi shown:  

Kristin Muller Kiln Firing

I was privileged to have a few pieces in Kristin Muller's November 2012 anagama firing at her studio in Pennsylvania. Here is a very nice sake cup (guinomi), with natural ash glaze, that was in the front stack:

This is the front stack after the firing, prior to unloading:

Sake cup (shown above) on tripod

Kristin's kiln is an anagama/noborigama hybrid: