Selected works, Artist Statement, Biography
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| Celadon
bowl 4 1/8" Tall |
Shino
bowl 2 5/8" Tall |
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| Wood-fired
sake cup 1 1/4" Tall x 3" Diameter |
Wood-fired
sake cups 1 3/8" Tall x 2 1/4" Diameter |
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| Tenmoku sake bottle, cups and bowl, bottle | Shinoware
Plates 10 1/4" x 5" |
Cooking and making pottery are sometimes very similar: wedging and kneading; mixing ingredients and mixing the glaze; baking and firing; and we don't know the results until we open the kiln or the oven. I find both processes intriguing, and have tried to bring them together in my pottery. I make Japanese style pottery using traditional Japanese glazes. The styles and shapes of Japanese tableware vary, and sometimes they are very different from Western tableware. But no matter what, beautiful plates and bowls are part of a meal, and we enjoy both at the table.
Born and raised in Kyoto Japan; lived for a period in Nagasaki. Trained as an interpreter and translator. Has worked freelance (including assignments for a National Geographic photographer, and for Sir George Solti), as well as in business (trading company, international division of Iseto Business Forums), in tourism (Japan National Tourist Organization), and in student exchange programs (Assistant director of AKP at Doshisha University in Kyoto). Spent a year studying at the University of Hawaii, and has traveled extensively in Europe, North America, and the Pacific region.
Moved to the United States in 1986, and has lived in California, Alabama, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Oregon. Developed an interest in pottery while in Pennsylvania in 1989, and continued that interest after moving to Oregon in 1990. Employed as the Japanese cataloger in the Knight Library of the University of Oregon since 1991. Became a member of the Club Mud co-operative potter's club in Eugene in 1995, and since 1999 has been a member of the Oregon Potter's Association.
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