Zogan Vases

This is the latest thing I've been working on. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them.

Newer Vases

These are newer than the last batch...

Vases

Some old vases I've been wanting to upload for a while.

Some new Teapots

....and a small soy sauce server.

CUPS

Several cups I recently got back from the kiln.

...more to come soon.

Here are some select pots from the Tableware section of the show. The first one is the winner of the Tableware section, next are two close ups of my old Sensei, and dear friend Takano san, I placed two pictures because her work was just so good, both technically very difficult, and also the paintings are really well done as well. She got a special recognition from the judges. third is the work of Kudo san, who along with Takano san were the two other Amigos in my first show back two years ago. They're both really excellent artists who were kind enough to take me under their wing as it were. I really can't say enough how much I appreciate their friendship. The last picture is of your's truly. Another teapot, this time I was going for east meets west, a "Western" style teapot with a kind of rough, kind of "Bizen-ish" surface. I don't have the facilities to do real Bizen, but anyways. Here it is. I hope you enjoyed it.

Recently

I was admitted to a show at the National Art Museum in Ropongi. It was really fun, and exciting to have been a part of something that conveys such a high level of prestige. It's an honor really. here are some of the other people's work.

Some pots from the Kama

Just some stuff that came back recently, I should point out that they are all small. Like the size of a Tokuri, aka a Japanese sake bottle, and they are all about 500 grams give or take. The last one with the handle is a teapot, we don't have this kind in the West, it doesn't have a lid, or a strainer, if you are interested in how it works, ask me question in the comments.