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- Lee Love
- I make functional pottery in an effort to preserve local culture in a throw-away society. My main goal is to inspire other people to make their own creative work. Human beings have always worked with their hands. We need both creativity and Nature to be healthy and whole human beings. Making and using handmade pottery is one way to bring Nature and culture together in human life. I intend my work to affect people who use it the way the green countryside affects someone who normally lives in the city: The fresh air and the green of the trees and grasses restores the soul and refreshes the spirit. If my work can do this, in a humble way, it is sucessful in my mind.
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2 comments:
I have to say that some of those are 'break your heart' beautiful. They really do remind me of some of the treasures in Japan (sure hope I haven't offended you if you identify with another Asian group by chance but the Japanese art work is what I have seen and love). I have aways had a softspot for shino so I lust after the tea cup right above but the unglazed polished pieces really take me. It also is a giggle to think of them being done with an electric buffer. Are they at all functional? How high do you think they are fired to?
Donna
Hi Donna,
Yes, all the work is functional. The "yohen" work was first fired to cone 11-13 and then re-fired in the firebox. The unglazed shigaraki work was fired to cone 13.
Lee in Mashiko
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