Guinomi, Sake Cup, Nuka Glaze. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 1.5" (3.75cm) x DIa. 2.375" (6cm.) Vol. 1.3 o (40cc.) John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze. H. 2.00"(5cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze. H. 2.00"(5cm) x Dia. 2.625"(6.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze. H. 2.125"(5.5cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Shino Glaze. H. 2.00"(5cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Temmoku & Nuka Glazes...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Temmoku & Nuka Glazes. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pottery among the pristine forests of Harstine Island at the South End of Puget...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. Temmoku & Nuka Glazes. H. 2.25"(5.5cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pottery among the pristine forests of Harstine Island at the South End of Puge...

Wood-fired Guinomi (Sake Cup,) Temmoku & Nuka Glazes; by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. H. 2.125"(5.5cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pottery among the pristine forests of Harstine Island at the South End of Pug...

Wood-fired Guinomi, Sake Cup. Temmoku & Nuka Glazes; by John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. H. 2.25"(5.5cm) x Dia. 2.875"(7.25cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pottery among the pristine forests of Harstine Island at the South End of ...

Set of 4 wood-fired sake cups (guinomi) with Nuka glaze interior & unglazed, fire-marked, exterior and foot. By John Benn; Harstine Island, WA. H.1.625 - 1.875" (4.00 - 4.75cm) x Dia. 3.75"(9.5cm.) John Benn studied with F. Carleton Ball and Ken Stevens at the U. of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and with Howard Shapiro and Sandra Simon in the MFA Program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, he built his first wood kiln. Now, he and his wife, Colleen Gallagher, make wood-fired pot...

Yunomi, Tea Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka & Temmoku Glazes, Brushed Iron Slip. H. 3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Vol=8oz(240ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in J...

Yunomi, Tea Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka glaze with white slip brushed interior. H. 3.375"(8.5cm) x Dia. 3.25"(8.25cm.) Vol=9oz(270ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery ...

Yunomi, Tea Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Temmoku & Nuka Glazes. H.3.5"(9cm) x Dia. 3.5"(9cm.) Vol=10.5oz(315ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan,) he had the chance ...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Temmoku & Nuka glazes, Iron Slip. H.1.5"(4cm) x Dia.2.5"(6.25cm.) Vol=1.75oz(50ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan,) he ha...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka & Temmoku glazes. H.1.75"(4.5cm) x Dia.2.75"(7cm.) Vol=2.875oz(80ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan,) he had the cha...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka glaze with Temmoku glazed rim. H. 1.875"(4.75cm.) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) Vol=2.25oz(65ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka glaze with Iron Oxide on rim. H. 2"(5cm) x Dia.2.75"(7cm.) Vol=3oz (90ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in Japan,) he had th...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by John Miller; Portland, OR. Nuka glaze exterior, Temmoku glaze interior. H. 1.75"(4.5cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Vol.=3oz(90ml.)John Salgir Miller was born in Elmira, NY, in 1974 and earned his BFA in ceramics and illiustration from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. He has been inspired the mingei aesthetic and by the work of Shoji Hamada since he began studying ceramics in high school. While at Mass Art studying under Ben Ryterband (who spent time studying pottery in ...

A set of five E-Karatsu Mukozuke by Nakazato Tarouemon XIII enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Radically brushed birds rise up into the sky, framed by a vertical bars of iron; inside soft earthen white. Each is roughly 3 inches (8 cm) diameter, 2-1/2 inches (6.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition, bearing the Tarouemon three star mark on the base.
Nakazato Shigetoshi was born in 1930 the third son of Living National Treasure Tarouemon XII (Muan) of Karatsu fame. He was first ...

Yunomi, Tea Cup, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Ji-gusuri (whitish gray glaze) dojou-guro (loach eel black) & gosu (blue) glazes. H. 3.25"(8cm) x Dia. 3"(7.5cm). Volume = 6oz(180cc.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro. At the age of 16, he started his apprenticeship under his grandfather and then right after hig...

Yunomi, Tea Cup, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Rou nuki-e (wax resist) Kaki (persimmon) glaze exterior, with Nuka (rice husk ash) glazed interior. H. 3.5"(9cm) x Dia. 3"(7.5cm). Volume = 8oz(240cc.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro. At the age of 16, he started his apprenticeship under his grandfather and th...

Yunomi, Tea Cups, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Kaki (persimmon) glaze with ichimatsu (checkerboard) pattern of red & green overglaze enamel decorations of snow on bamboo grass (yuki mochi sasa) & stripes. H. 3.75"(9cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm). Volume = 10oz(300cc.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro. At the ...

Yunomi, Tea Cups, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze on exterior, White Nuka (rice husk ash) glazed interior, with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane and stripes. H.3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia.3.25"(8.25cm,) Volume=8.5oz (250cc.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo. He was originally trained as a Japanese chef and had his own restaur...

Yunomi, Tea Cups, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze on exterior and interior, with red & green overglaze enamel decoration of sugar cane and stripes. One cup's glaze shows darker kaki glaze (almost black.) Kaki: H.3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia.3.125"(8cm,) Volume=9oz (270cc.) Black: H.3.125"(8cm) x Dia.3.25"(8.25cm,) Volume=7.25oz(220cc.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenti...

Guinomi (Sake Cup), Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Munetoshi. Yubi-kaki (finger wipe) technique on Mashikoguro (Mashiko Black) glaze. White Nuka (Rice Husk Ash) Glaze interior. H. 2"(5cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Volume=3oz(90cc.) Tagami Munetoshi (b. 1972) is the son of Tagami Isamu and grandson of Sudo Takeo. He is the 5th generation of potters in Mashiko’s Hinatagama (Hinata Kiln) founded during the Meiji Period (1868-1912) by Sudo Yujiro. At the age of 16, he started his apprenticeship under his gran...

Guinomi, Sake Cups, Mashiko-yaki, by Tagami Isamu of Hinata Kiln. Faceted sides, Kaki (persimmon) glaze with red & green overglaze enamel decoration. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) Volume=4oz (120cc.) Tagami Isamu was born in 1947 in Mooka, a village neighboring to Mashiko. He married into the Sudo family and apprenticed under Sudo Takeo. He was originally trained as a Japanese chef and had his own restaurant before embarking on a career in pottery, giving him a unique perspective on functio...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze on Porcelain Clay, Notched Foot. H. 2.625"(6.5cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Volume = 4.75oz (140cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their i...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze, Notched Foot. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 3.125"(8cm.) Volume = 4.75oz (140cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the w...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Wood and Gas Fired. H. 2.25"(5.75cm) x Dia. 3.5"(9cm.) Volume = 4oz (120cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Te...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze, Notched Foot. H. 2.625"(6.5cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) Volume = 4oz (120cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the wor...

Wood Fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze. H. 2.25"(5.75cm) x Dia. 3"(7.5cm.) Volume = 4oz (120cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of...

Wood Fired Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. H. 2.25"(5.75cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) Volume = 4oz (120cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Tea Ceremon...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze, Notched Foot. H. 2.5"(6.5cm) x Dia. 2.875"(7.5cm.) Volume = 4.75oz (140cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 2.5"(6.5cm.) Volume = 3.25oz (100cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Tea Ce...

Guinomi, Sake Cup, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Shino Glaze. H. 2.375"(6cm) x Dia. 2.75"(7cm.) Volume = 4.25oz (130cc.) There have been several influences to George Gledhill’s ceramic work. Buddhism has been a guiding force in life for many years, and George even visits local prisons to teach the Dharma to inmates. Through pottery and Buddhism, he was exposed to Tea practitioners who complimented his work and encouraged him to produce Tea wares. Their introduction to the world of Tea Cer...