2nd Annual National Cup Show

This wood-fired Small Tea Cup was recently juried into the Second Annual National Cup Show.

 Juror Ayumi Horie selected 45 pieces to be exhibited from over two hundred works. The exhibition will be on view at the Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon Street, Poughkeepsie, New York from Saturday, September 18th through Saturday, October 16th, 2010. An opening reception is slated for Saturday, September 16th from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The cups selected for this show can be viewed on-line HERE .

DIRECTions

These two pieces will be exhibited in DIRECTions, a national invitational and juried exhibition of functional and sculptural ceramic works made with native clays.

Mentori Yunomi w/ Wari Foot

Mentori Guinomi

Both vessels are made from a stoneware clay dug in the Seagrove, NC area. There were no additives to the clay, other than feldspar chips, to make these pieces; they were wood fired in an anagama kiln to c/12.

The show will be on view from September 10th - October 30th, 2010 in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Dix-Duff Anagama and Train Kiln Firing

I was in Brevard, NC during July for a week long loading and firing with Judith Duff and John Dix. John was visiting the United States from his home in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Judith Duff

John Dix

We had a crew of twelve to simultaneously fire Judith's anagama kiln and train kiln. Loading began on the afternoon of the 14th and preheat was over night. The train kiln fired off Friday evening and was reduction cooled. The anagama finished Saturday morning and was fired with apple wood as the primary fuel. Great results were obtained from both kilns. Below are some of the pieces I had come out:

TRAIN KILN
Sake Cup

Tea Bowl

Sake Flask

Vases

ANAGAMA KILN

Sake Cups

Yunomi

                                                          

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Sake Flask

Vase

3rd Lillstreet International

This tea bowl was juried into the Third Lillstreet International Exhibition. It will be on view at Lillstreet Art Center, 4401 N. Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois from August 20th - September 15th, 2010. Titled Oni-shino Tea Bowl, it was wood fired in an anagama kiln for six days on top of the firebox wall. There will be a closing reception on September 11th from 3 - 6 pm. The exhibition will also be available for viewing online at: http://www.lillstreet.com/gallery-store/exhibitions/22

Gustin Anagama Firing

We loaded the anagama kiln at Chris Gustin's studio in South Dartmouth, MA last month (May) for three days, then fired for six days. Jeff Shapiro drove down from his studio in Accord, NY to load and fire with us.

Chris Gustin (left) and Jeff Shapiro (right).

This past weekend (Saturday,June 12th) we unloaded. It was a great firing and some spectacular pieces came out of the load. Here are pictures of some of my work from the kiln :

Inquiries about work for sell are welcomed. Email lmkoonce@mindspring.com

Tea Bowls

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Yunomi



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Sake Bottles

Sake Cups

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There will be an exhibiton, entitled Friends of Fire, of selected work from this firing at Gustin Gallery. Opening reception is Saturday, June 19th from 5 - 8pm. The show will be on view until it closes on Sunday, July 18th. The gallery location is 231 Horseneck Rd., South Dartmouth, MA; phone number is 508-636-6213. Gallery hours are M-F, 11 am - 5pm; weekends by chance or appointment.

Invitational Anagama and Wood Fired Show

I will be participating in Weyrich Gallery's Invitational Anagama and Wood Fired Show, June 4th through June 30th. The gallery, which specializes in chawan, mizushashi, sake containers and sake cups, tea cups, etc., is located at 2935-D Louisiana NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. These  are a few of the pieces that I have sent for exhibition:

Kansas City Teabowl National

I recently had two tea bowls juried into the 2010 Teabowl National Exhibition. Sponsored by the Kansas City Clay Guild, juror Pete Pinnell selected these pieces to be displayed:

The show will be on view June 1st through June 30th at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center, 3700 Blue Parkway, Kansas City, MO, and can be viewed online HERE.