Wake to beauty in the present moment…
Ceramics for the Tea Ceremony and Ikebana
Surprise and the endless allure of the elusive…
Wood-fire artists seek an elusive beauty. Rather than a uniform application of glaze or a repetitive painted pattern that quickly are taken in a fully understood by our senses, the asymmetry of wood-fired surface decoration lingers outside the grasp of memory. Like a new acquaintance who you get to know in stages, wood-fired art reveals itself through time, divulging new depths with every viewing. Connoisseurs and practitioners speak o fthe surprising unpredictable quality of the work — surprising as the sudden flash of color from the wings of a bird in flight or the rich colors of a wet stone at the river’s edge.
