“Sacred Clay” (Red Lightning World, 2006) brings together three highly acclaimed artists in an intimate and improvisational dialogue that gives voice to our primal origins within the earth, and breathes life into all things created of the earth; our vesels, our instruments, ourselves. Ceramic Artist Rod Kendall of Olympia, WA creates ceramic versions of traditional ethnic instruments from the modern and ancient worlds as well as his own unique creations...
Large size, generous, guinomi with stamped decoration at four point making excellent finger indents glazed in a rich Oribe glaze
Stoneware and glaze
3" X 3.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Amber and haiyu glazed yunomi with hakeme decoration on the exterior
Stoneware, slip and glazes
3.25" X 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Copper glaze makes red with deducing situation and makes green with oxidation.
Accessary: none
Size:9.1cm(D) 5.6cm(H)
Dohei Fujinoki is one of the most popular artist in contemporary KARATSU pottery scene.
Initially he aimed a western painter and then,when he met an old KARATSU pottery piece he had been fascinated.
He has studied at Karatsu and also MIno.
And while, he has studied in tea ceremony.
His repertoires are goods for tea ceremony, sake cup,
and tableware for Japanese cuisine.
This piece is a brand new work created with painted Japanese traditional pattern as small bowl.
It is also suitable ...
Small temple oni maquette glazed in medieval green and excellent as a paper weight, desk sculpture or can be hung on the wall. made from a century old roof tile mold.Great for the literati in all of us!
Stoneware and glaze
5" X 4" x .85"
Guinomi, Sake Cup, White Glaze with Hakeme-brushed Interior, Iron around Rim. John Miller; Portland, OR. H. 1.75" (4.5cm) x Dia. 2.875" (7.5cm.) Vol. 3oz (90cc.) 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...
Robust majolica tin glazed teabowl with abstract bands of color with an alternating rain pattern in black over the bowl.
Terra cotta, glaze and overglazes
5.35" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Very nice book from ArT Random coving several important conceptual japanese sculptor/ artists/ potters. The book is full color, measures 12.25" X 9.25". Artists include; Fukami Sueharu, Akio Takamori,Akiyama Yoh,Inoue Masayuki, Nakamura Kouhei, Takiguchi Kazuo and Richard Notkin.
Ca 1992 A decorative signed and dated hand painted egg by commercial artist, Robert Tolar(1941-2012). The egg measures 4" x 2-1/2".
Wonderful hakuji glazed guinomi with "mikomi" and a faceted, mentori kodai foot. Very much in the style of Ishiguro Munemaro.
Excellent condition with signed box and measures 2.7" X 1.5"
Yunomi, Tea Cup, Porcelain with underglaze blue painting (uroko-mon, fish scale pattern,) by Kathy Lusher; Seattle, WA. H.3"(7.5cm) x Dia.3"(7.5cm) Volume=200ml(6.75 oz.) Kathy Lusher makes functional ceramics of an exceptional quality. The porcelain bodies and blue-green tinge to her hand-mixed glaze recipes create the ideal background to view the color of Japanese green tea...
Generous stoneware yunomi with combed fence pattern, kushime decoration under a rich Oribe glaze.
Stoneware and glazes
4" x 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Hanging Vase, Kakehanaire, by George Gledhill; Payette, ID. Saggar fired with grass. This pot experienced heavy charring on the bottom during firing (see enlargements.) H. 3.625"(9cm) x Dia. 3.25"(8.25cm.), with copper ring attached in back for hanging on a wall or post. 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...
Waisted style yunomi glazed in a rich Oribe style glaze; the left yunomi with impressed designs around and the right yunomi with underglaze "walking spirals" designs
Stoneware, slips and glazes
Each approximately 4.25" X 3.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Ame glazed yunomi (unomi), teacup with rozome style cobalt decoration of spirals
Stoneware, glaze and overglaze
4" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
These pieces were fired in "anagama" kiln with natural glaze in around 1985, and not used almost new, The price is for one piece.
YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclJO4_GNPU
Size: 9.5cm(D) 6.8cm(H)
Robust terra cotta teabowl with black and white combed slip
Terra cotta, slips and glaze
5" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Compact ovoid tabi-chawan style teabowl glazed in my tetsu0yu and temmoku glazes creating partridge feather style effects and finished with a hand cut foot to compliment the form.
Stoneware and glazes
5" X 4.6" x 3.6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Generous medieval green and clear glazed yunomi with an incised "intersection" design around the form
Stoneware and glazes
4" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Wide and generous "rice bowl" with a carved plum blossom design in the bowls interior
Porcelain, slip and glaze
6.5" x 3.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Karatsu style yunomi with a fence and stamped design under haiyu and temmoku glazes
Stoneware and glazes
4.25" x 4.25"
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
Yunomi, Tea Cup; by Isamu Tagami of Hinata Kiln, Mashiko. Nami Jiro white glaze with brushwork of bamboo on snow pattern. H.3.25"(8.25cm) x Dia.3"(7.75c.) Volume=7oz(210cc.) 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 functional wares...
Book titled "Pattern Weaves" authored by a prominent researcher of weaving techniques and also a textile artist, Keiko Kobayashi(1947~). It has abundant examples of weaving and patterns all over the world with images and her own drawings. 465 pages including 24 color pages. Published in 2017. B5 size. $40 with tax.
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
Robest impressed decoration teabowl with an overall "echoes" pattern around the piece under one of my Oribe glazes
Stoneware and glaze
5.5" x 4.25"
Decorative, functional and food safe
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
Elegant cylindrical neriage chawan in the Jovian Storms pattern with impressed design at four points of the circumferance, the tones run from grey, charcol, black and white, the interior is mostly muted charcol gray
Porcelain and glaze
5.3" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Double gourd form tokkuri, bottle with rich temmoku and tetsu-yu glazes. The foot is glazed and the remains of wad impressions are present on the foot, but smooth to the touch.
Stoneware and glazes
7.25" x 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Black and white terra cotta tray form with slip trailed design of tripled squiggly lines and dots
Terra cotta, slips and glaze
Approx. 11" x 11" and 15.5" on the diagonal
Functional, decorative and food safe
High walled porcelain teabowl with "cogito" underglaze black and red decoration and sgraffito under a clear glaze
Porcelain, underglazes and clear glaze
4.7" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Oribe and iron glazed teabowl with impressed "ripple" design around the body of the bowl.
Stoneware and glazes
5" x 4"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Rotund temmoku bottle, vase or tokkuri with a carved "grasses" design around the form
Stoneware and glaze
6.5" x 6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Round Dish with flower-shaped medallions applied to 2 sides and interior, by Sachiko Furuya; Honolulu, HI. White glazes. H. 2.25"(6cm) x Dia. 7.0"(18cm.) Sachiko Furuya hails from Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. There, she studied pottery with Yukio Matsuura, making primarily tea wares for practitioners of the Omotesenke School of Tea...
A hollow pair of tear drop sterling earrings that hang 2-1/2" excluding wires. Marked FC 925. Light wear and no dings..Total weight 12gr.
Black and white raised slipware fish tray based on whimsical Old English slipware designs
Terra Cotta and slips
13" X 9" X 2"
Functional, decorative and food safe!
Bold large teabowl with carved shinogi grooves around the form glazed in my medieval green and temmoku glazes
Stoneware and glazes
6" X 3.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Old English style glazed yunomi (#2), teabowl with a repeat pattern of impressed medieval designs
Porcelain and glaze
4.25" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Saffron hakeme yellow iron glazed double gourd bottle vase with subtle raked slip under the glaze
Stoneware, slip and glazes
9.75" x 5.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Small plate glazed in a rich temmoku and medieval green glazes with lush oilspots throughout the entire front of the plate
Stoneware and glazes
11.25" X 1.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Wide, conical temmoku and medieval green teabowl with lined blossom design and notched, geta style foot
Stoneware and glazes
6.4" x 2.75"
Decorative, functional and food safe
Rich Oribe influenced candlestick or vase for dry arrangements, pierced with a circle, square and triangle design representing Sengai's universe. This piece is inspired by one of my favorite antigue Japanese pots.
Stoneware with traditional Oribe glaze
7.75" X 4"
Chalice form teabowl glazed in temmoku and haiyu glazes and influenced by ash glazed Karatsu ware
Stoneware, slip and glazes
4.8" X 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Broad, formal style teabowl with TOL, tree of life design under a saffron iron yellow glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5.5" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
High sided teabowl with excised chatter design inlaid in a dark contrasting slip under an iron yellow saffron glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5.25" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Old English style glazed yunomi (#1), teabowl with a repeat pattern of impressed medieval designs
Porcelain and glaze
4.25" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Small plate glazed in a rich temmoku and medieval green glazes with lush oilspots throughout the entire front of the plate
Stoneware and glazes
11.25" X 1.75"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Bulbous vase form with grasses repeat design under a rich Ao glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
6.75" X 6"
Robust Oribe teabowl with slip and roughly incised, sgraffito design circling the bowl.
Stoneware, slip and glazes
5" x 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Oribe glazed small plate or wall bowl (it can be hung on the wall if desired) with a lustrous green glaze and plum flowers under a clear glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
10.25" X 2.8"
Functional, decorative and food safe
High walled teabowl with spirali e tagli decoration under my Ao glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
4.65" x 4.25"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Generous teabowl with incised decoration through black and white swirled slip under my saffron glaze
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5" x 4.2"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Slightly oval teabowl with a a cut and combed texture in slip under a rich Oribe glaze with iron-ash accents.
Stoneware, slips and glazes
5" x 3.6"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Hi walled tataki, paddled teabowl with haiyu and temmoku glazes. This was in a hot spot in the kiln and the glaze ran just a bit. please see the picture of the foot at 9 o'clock
Stoneware and glazes
5" X 4"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Pedestal style lobed and stamped teabowl with temmoku glaze (the glaze appears more like an amber glaze as it is on porcelain)
Porcelain and glaze
5.5" x 3.85"
Functional, decorative and food safe
A C. Noir ultra modern studio amethyst sterling ring by C. Noir (Leeora Catalan of New York). This size 6-1/2 ring features a a flashy claw-set 1/3 carat (by gauge) natural amethyst, and it measures 3/4" x 1/2" across the top. This ring is stamped C. NOIR STERLING, it weighs 8.7 grams, and it is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, dents, bends, corrosion, losses, damage or repairs...
Shallow kushime, combed teabowl with undulating way pattern in the slip beneath the medieval green Oribe-style glaze
Stoneware, slip and glazes
6.25" X 2.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe
Zenga style conical summer teabowl with a attractive Jun glaze over stoneware with calligraphy on the exterior of the bowl; SEI DAI JI and then in a column, DAI Chawan (great chawan). This chawan was made at the Seidaiji temple and is reminiscent of earlier Chinese temmoku and yuteki chawan in form with a Jun glaze that has a visually soft and appealing appearance.
This chawan is stamped as well as signed and is in fine condition with out a box and measures 5.5" x 2.5".
Porcelain neriage chawan in a Jovian Storms style pattern with an "eye" design
Porcelain and glaze
4.75" X 4.5"
Functional, decorative and food safe