Cavin-Morris Gallery

It is a great pleasure to be associated with Cavin-Morris Gallery, located in the Chelsea district of New York City. This is a top-notch gallery for contemporary ceramics, both functional and non-functional, showing work by Western ceramic artists, as well as works by artists from Japan, Korea, and China. This is the link to my personal page: Lucien Koonce

Sake Cup @ Cavin-Morris Gallery

Workshop

I will be conducting a workshop this summer at The Alison Palmer Studio in South Kent, CT. Here is the link on their website to read what is shown below, a bit more clearly: The Alison Palmer Studio

TEA

The following wood fired pieces will be shown in "TEA", an exhibition of ceramic vessels used in the many aspects of making, serving, and drinking tea. It is being presented by Schaller Gallery, 210 State Street, Saint Joseph, MI, and will run February 5th - March 3rd, 2018.

Chaire (Tea Caddy)

Kogo (Incense Box)

Yunomi

Yunomi

International Cup

This wood fired kurinuki sake cup will be exhibited in "International Cup 2018", being held February 4th - 23rd at the Clay Studio of Missoula, 1106 Hawthorne Street, Missoula, MT.

Guinomi

Anagama Firing

Pre-firing

Post-firing

The October firing of Chris Gustin's anagam went very well, and the unloading revealed exceptional results. Here are some of my pieces from this firing...

Chawan

Chawan

Tea Caddy (Chaire)

Yunomi

Yunomi

Yunomi

Guinomi

Guinomi

Guinomi

Guinomi

Tokkuri

Vase

Vase

Spectra

These two pieces will be in "Spectra: A Survey of American Contemporary Wood Fired Ceramics" at Morean Center for Clay. Curated by Seth Charles, this invitational exhibition will run December 5th, 2017 through January 30th, 2018. Exhibiting artists are : Peter Callas, Seth Charles, Linda Christianson, Trevor Dunn, Perry Haas, Stephen Heywood, Mitch Iburg, Bob Kirk, Lucien Koonce, Heidi Kreitchet, George McCauley, Dan Murphy, Ted Neal, Patrick Rademaker, Stephen Robison, Tim Rowan, Akira Satake, Matt Schiemann, Hitomi Shibata, Takuro Shibata, Lars Voltz, and Tara Wilson.

Vase

Yunomi

Best In Show

This wood fired tea bowl was awarded "Best in Show" in Shino Splendor, District Clay Gallery, Washington, DC, an exhibition dedicated to showing the diversity of Shino glazes.  It will travel to the Japanese Information and Cultural Center, Embassy of Japan, Washington, DC, for a short engagement, running October 31st - November 09th. Afterwards it will return to the District Clay Gallery until the show's closing on November 26th, 2017.

Chawan with Hobo Signs