Fujina style glazed chawan of an etched bamboo groove design directly into the porcelain and then glazed. This style of glaze almost has the appearance of ancient Tang style ceramics

Porcelain and glazes

4.3" X 4.4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lyrical blue and white teabowl with a droozy rich blue decoration representing Sengai's Universe from his Zen parable and zenga. The circle/square/triangle is repeated twice around the apex of the chawan

Porcelain, underglaze gosu blue and glaze

5.25" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large and robust porcelain chawan with a tataki (paddled) style netting design around the bowl and richly glazed in Ao and clear.

Porcelain and glazes

5.6" X 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Large hakeme (hakame) decorated covered jar with a medieval green splash on the front, back and lid

Stoneware, slip and glazes

13.5" X 7.25"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Lustrous green Oribe glazed chawan over a combed "breaking waves" pattern highlighted with an underglaze wash of purple-brown

Stoneware, slip, wash and glaze

5.5" X 3.85"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Generous medieval galena style yunomi, teacup with a rich galena style glaze over an incised "intersection" design. Though galena influenced, this is a lead free glaze!

Stoneware and glazes

4.5" X 3.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust medieval style jug with impressed design under an Ao-glaze with frogskin qualities, great as a jug or vase

Stoneware and glazes

10.5" X 7"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Robust terra cotta teabowl with black and white combed slip

Terra cotta, slips and glaze

5" X 4.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe glazed covered box forms, each resting on three feet cut from the footring.

#1 measures 4.75" X 4.75" and has an over all repeat pattern resembling farm fields from an aerial view

#2 measures 4.5" X 5.25" and has two different impressed medallion designs used originally in medieval pottery

Stoneware and traditional Oribe glaze

Rich Oribe influenced mizusashi with hakeme (hakame) and impressed design. In the firing, the glaze ran off the pot to form a dragonfly eye style drip. The drip makes the pot a bit uneven, but I could not bring myself to grind off the drip. The foot can easily be stabilized with the addition of two felt pads

Stoneware, slip and traditional Oribe glaze

5.75" X 8.6"

Medieval influenced cap jar with a rich galena style glaze over a medallion repeat design. Though galena influenced, this is a lead free glaze!

Stoneware and glazes

8.5" X 6.5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Oribe and temmoku glazed lobed vase with impressed medallion within each section. The footring has an small area where glaze ran

Stoneware and glazes 9.25" X 6"

Robust hakeme (hakame) vase with a bold, expressionist style glaze splash inspired by the bold "ink traces" of Nantembo the famous Zen calligrapher

Stoneware, slip and glazes

7.7" X 6.75"

Modernist style tokkuri, sake bottle with Ao and clear glaze over brushed slip.

Stoneware, slip and glazes

7" X 4"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich glazed hakeme (hakame) waisted vase with lustrous Oribe glaze on the exterior and complex temmoku on the interior

Stoneware, slip and glazes

10" X 6"

Ao glazed, thrown and altered vase form with panels of Shono rain pattern

Stoneware, slip and glazes

8.25" X 7.5" at it's widest

Large ovoid baker form glazed in a classical Oribe pattern of "mon" gate devices. Thrown and altered with applied lug handles

Stoneware, slips and glazes

15.75" X 5.75" X 5"

Functional, decorative and food safe

Rich temmoku glazed vase form with archaic inspired impressed decoration around the body

Stoneware and glaze

8.25" X 6"