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Recent Exhibition at Gallery Sho. from May 9th Fri. to 17th Sat. 11:00 - 19:00 tel 06-6245-7117 Gallery Sho. 1st floor of Houjhou billding. 2-10-30minamishinsaibashi, chuo-ku, Osaka Last recent event Having just finished unloading my fall firing, I now have a little time to attend to things that have been left neglected. It was an excellent firing, but more on that later. Since the last time I updated this site, I've been on a rather unrelenting schedule. I had shows in the spring in Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. Then during the summer I gave 2 workshops in New Jersey: one at Peter Callas's studio and the other at the Peters Valley Craft Center. This enabled me, with Chika and Richie, to visit Peter Callas and his family, spend some time in NYC and travel a bit in New England. But the workshops were far and away the highlights. Please look at the related links if interested.   Upon returning to Japan in mid September, I quickly got busy making pots for my fall firing. Luckily I returned home inspired from the summer's experiences and busted out a nice body of work. I'm particularly happy with the way my 'Portal' and 'Reach' series have been developing. I also have 2 new assistants helping, Aly Graham, from Salt Lake, and Kjell Hahn from St. Louis, who are both teaching here  . They, along with my old apprentice Owen,
and my usual crew of Morita San,  Shiro and Chika (even Richie helped out)
made for a very smooth and enjoyable firing.
I'm now busy building a small studio behind our house in Kobe. It should be done by February. Aly unloading (left). Kjell (right).  Richie No.1 stoker. You can see my work at the Cavin Morris Gallery in New York City and also at the Island Gallery in Bainbridge Washington near Seattle. Thanks for taking the time to view my site. Note on photos: All the photos of pots on my homepage have been taken by Yoshihiko Fujimura. He is not only a photographer extraordinaire, but also a computer genius and a very fine potter. All on the outside of his main occupation as president of a woodworking company. He always has a few pieces in my kiln in exchange for shooting my pots.  John's angels.....Aly, Chika and Yoko. ::::: Galleries ::::::::::::::: Cavin-Morris Gallery 210 Eleventh Ave. Suite 201 New York, NY www.cavinmorris.com The Island Gallery 100 - 106 Madison Avenue North Bainbridge Island, Washington www.theislandgallery.net |
