Kanzaki shiho — the nevica project

One large tsubo in the current exhibition has a landscape that looks like a satellite photo of Earth. He has been featured on the covers of Ceramics Art and Perception No. But despite the likelihood that they were not concerned about beauty, I find them to be beautiful with their rich natural ash deposits. Yet his cut works were full of strength. Who I am is this: I am now, in this moment, a result of my unique past: a result of how I have received and thought about the many opportunities and circumstances given to me in life.

As we each strive to live up to the best that we know as a way of life, then that is when the ceramic work is the potter I have my own history which, fortunately, included being a mendicant and being swindled while in poverty.

Ceramics Today - Shiho Kanzaki

HIgashieda Shigemasa stoneware and oribe glaze 3. There were only two potters whose works touched my heart: Suketoshi Matsuyama and Hakuou Kanou. Kanzaki Shiho shapes a pot with his hands as he turns and controls the wheel with his toes. Kanzaki has a way of putting that stormy period of his life into perspective, though in a very humble way.

I believe that our spirits and thoughts are what make our ceramics.

Kanzaki shiho — the nevica project: Master ceramist Shiho Kanzaki (b. )

Which ones touch your spirit? Nobody wants to drink tea from a crusty-lipped vessel. And these works we experience as beautiful. We all are the better for it: His pots are like jewels thrown down from the heavens. He also has a very attractive web site that features his own work, old Shigaraki and Tamba pieces and works by his teacher Suketoshi Matsuyama.

One need not think about the regulations of tea bowls. I was so impressed with his works that I found myself wondering whether what I was seeing was real, or a dream. Also featured is the pottery of a few international potters such as Jeff Shapiro and , Dick Lehman , the author of the magazine articles and a respected potter in his own right.

But if the spirit, the heart and the soul of the potter are in the pieces, these ceramic works can touch our heart and soul for many years. Scott Parady - Flower Vase. The reason we have inherited this tradition is tied to their commitment and contribution to this tradition. It is important that we live our lives purposefully. And in , he permitted me to call myself his apprentice.

Kanzaki has focused on the lessons that he learned and come out of that period without bitterness or self-pity. Harlan House porcelain and glaze 4. We will also be posting on our Instagram stories! The piece demands attention, yet I wonder how food would look on a platter that seems to have been fired on a battlefield.