call for entry: Juried Functional Teapot Show II

by | Sep 27, 2021 | call for entry

Calling for teapot submissions! The Juried Functional Teapot Show II will be at NCECA in Sacramento next spring. Jurors this year are: John Neely (@neelyjc), Cooper Jeppesen (@cooperjeppesenceramics) and me.

Functionality is foremost in our decision-making process and we will try to pick a diverse range of teapots to show. We will choose just 10 teapots. And this year’s guest artist will be Pete Pinnell!

You have until October 23rd to email your submission. Send to: [email protected]. Up to 3 pictures of a single teapot (the exact one you would like to show), title, size, clay, firing/decorative method and price. No cost to submit. Spread the word!

Oh also, the teapot pictured here was made by Cooper Jeppesen and was part of the inaugural JFTS.

movie day: Inima Pottery

by | Sep 15, 2021 | Uncategorized

日本の奈良県川上村に住む陶芸家夫妻。
2人のブランド名は「いにま陶房」。

手が不自由な人でも扱いやすいようにデザインされた「やさしい器」をはじめ、人々の暮らしに寄り添う器たちが、どの様に生まれていったのか。

その原点には2人の作家が、共に人生を歩む中での「新しい出会い」や「悩み」や「葛藤」があった。

A potter marriage couple in Kawakami village, Nara, Japan.
Their own brand is “Inima Pottery”

Vessels that are to be considerate of human living including “Yasashii-Utsuwa” designed for people even with handicap. How have they been created.

These two authors live together and they found the starting point through “meeting with new people”, “anxiety” and “conflict” in their life.