Shuki: The Intimate Vessels of Sake

Here are the six pieces I will have in the Vessels Gallery (Boston, MA) exhibition, "Shuki: The Intimate Vessels of Sake", which opens Friday, November 2nd, and runs through Sunday, December 2nd.

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Guinomi with Bidoro
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Setoguro Guinomi
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Tetsuyu Guinomi
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Beni Shino Guinomi
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Shino Tokkuri



Tetsuyu Tokkuri
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Ceramics Biennial Exhibition

The following piece was chosen to be exhibited in the New Hampshire Institute of Art's "Ceramics Biennial Exhibition".  Juror Jim Lawton selected 50 pieces for this show, which will be on exhibit in the Institute's Amherst Street Gallery. Located at 148 Concord Street, Manchester, NH, the show runs November 7th - December 5th, 2012. An opening reception will take place Thursday, November 15th, 5:00 - 7:00 pm.

Guinomi (sake cup)

Pour

I recently had these three pieces juried into "Pour", an exhibition focusing on pouring vessels. The show will be on exhibit November 3rd - December 5th, 2012 in Terra Incognito Gallery, which is located at 246 Chicago Avenue, Oak Park, IL. Oak Park is located adjacent to the west side of Chicago.

Katakuchi (sake pourer)



Tokkuri (sake flask)



Tokkuri (sake flask)



J. Shapiro Kiln Firing

Here are a few sake cups that I had in Jeff Shapiro's anagama kiln firing , which was fired in September:



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Here is an image of me stoking the kiln...

Containment: 2012 CNN

The piece below was selected to be shown in "Containment: Clemson Ceramics National Juried Exhibition". Juror Frank Martin chose works for this exhibition that explore “containment” through the lens of functional ceramics, with the idea of containment being interpreted literally or conceptually. On view from October 3rd through November 7th, the show is at Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Gallery hours are Monday - Thursday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.



Chaki (Tea Caddy)





Shuki: The Intimate Vessels of Sake

For nearly two years I have been working on curating an exhibition involving "shuki", or sake vessels. This coming November it will become a reality with the opening of "Shuki: The Intimate Vessels of Sake" at Vessels Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. This is an exhibition of contemporary ceramic sake vessels from Japan and the United States, with seven Japanese artists and 16 American artists represented. Participating are Joe Bruhin, Peter Callas, James Coquia, John Dix, Judtih Duff, Ron Hand, Chuck Hindes, Osamu Inayoshi, Elizabeth Kendall, Dick Lehman, Hiromi Matsukawa, Shozo Michikawa, Richard Milgrim, Kristin Muller, Takao Okazaki, Shiro Otani, Jeff Shapiro, Roy Strassberg, Kato Takahiko, Mike Weber, Tsuruta Yoshihisa, and myself. One of the pieces I will be exhibiting is a sake cup titled, "Black Seto Guinomi". It was pulled from the kiln around 2400 degrees Fahrenheit and immediately immersed in water, a technique known as "hikidashi". The iron-rich Connecticut River clay slip that covered the piece turned black through this process. Here is a video showing this activity, which took place at Chris Gustin's anagama in South Dartmouth, MA.

Flash Point - An International Wood Fire Exhibition

The guinomi shown below was juried into "Flash Point - An International Wood Fire Exhibition". Juror John Balistreri selected an exemplary collection of 50 pieces for this exhibition.  It is being shown at Plinth Gallery, 3520 Brighton Blvd., Denver, CO. The show opens October 5th with an artist reception and awards ceremony, from 5:00 until 10:00 pm., and runs through December 1st, 2012.


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