Monday, June 25, 2012

Sake Cups

Here are three guinomi that I had in Jeff Shapiro's wood kiln firing earlier this month:

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Hikidashi Guinomi

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Guinomi

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Guinomi



Here is an image of Jeff's kiln:

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Reduction Cooled Iron-rich Stoneware Clay

I have had an interest in reduction cooled iron-rich stoneware clay since seeing the work of Lindsay Oesterritter. Recently I made a small number of works out of two clays that fall into that category. Tim Rowan, who does wood fire reduction cooling, was kind enough to let me fire them in his kiln earlier this month. Below are the results:

Guinomi (Sake Cups)

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Incense Burner

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Yunomi (Green Tea Cups)

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These pieces are available. Please inquire via email:  lmkoonce@mindspring.com

Here is an image of Tim's kiln:





Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Functional Wood Fire Invitational

I am participating in the exhibition Functional Wood Fire Invitational, which runs June 30th - August 31st. Curated by Eric Knoche, it is hosted by Crimson Laurel Gallery, 23 Crimson Laurel Way, Bakersville, NC,  and showcases wood fired utilitarian ceramics. A reception is planned for Saturday, July 7th, beginning at 6:00 pm. You can see a selection of the total number of works by the exhibiting artists here: Crimson Laurel Gallery

Here are images for three of the ten pieces I have selected to be in this exhibit:


Incense Burner

Guinomi (Sake Cup)
 
Chawan (Tea Bowl)

Friday, June 1, 2012

The Contemporary Art of Chawan - An International Invitational

A selection of chawan will be on exhibit at Cavin-Morris Gallery, opening on June 28th, and runnning through August 17th. Cavin-Morris Gallery is located at 210 Eleventh Avenue, Suite 201 (between west 24th and 25th Streets), New York, NY. (212) 216-3768.  There will be an opening reception on Thursday, June 28th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

Included will be the work of John Benn, Richard Bresnahan, Peter Callas, Tom Charbit, Woong Taek Choi, John Dix, Paul Drapkin, Judith Duff, Robert Fornell, Gyozo Furuse, Lisa Hammond, Shigamasa Higashida, Chuck Hindes, Osamu Inayoshi, Ki Bong Jeong, Kentaro Kawabata, Sun Sik Kim, Young Sik Kim, Ryoji Koie, Lucien Koonce, Derek Larsen, Jung Hwan Lee, Kang Hyo Lee, Rick Mahaffey, Touri Maruyama, Hideo Matsumoto, Shozo Michikawa, Richard Milgrim, Young Ki Min, Dan Murphy, Soon Taek Oh, Toshio Ohi, Takao Okazaki, Reid Ozaki, David Pike, Phil Rodgers, Tim Rowan, Tae Kwan Ryu, Akira Satake, Steve Sauer, Jeff Shapiro, Fumio Shimada, Wasaburo Takahashi, Yoh Tanimoto, Kai Tsujimura, Shiro Tsujimura, and Mike Weber.

The tea bowl below is one that I will have in this show:

Wood fired Chawan
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A wonderful online catalog of this show can be seen by clicking here: Exhibition Catalog