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llustrated is a composite photo of a large Oribe vase by Suzuki Satoru, on the left from a gallery in Hiroshima dated 9/8/2016 and on the right during a stop over in Little Falls back during a very snowy January of this year. The pot though definitely influenced by Okabe Mineo at several levels is part of the body of work that Suzuki has developed over the years and is recognizable as his work. Suzuki uses a number of Oribe variations that work well on heavily textured surfaces and create a wide array of effects that accentuate the way the piece is thrown and the movement of the pot. In this case the glaze is moving down the pot creating wonderful tendril like effects that have a variety of appearances depending on the vantage point and the light sources. I took a number of photos of the vase and will at some point in the future put together a video slideshow of the pot to help fill in any number of blanks that a single photo ends up creating.

On a side note, I am always curious about the journeys that pots take and in this case there is the start date established by the Suzuki vase in September of 2016 and a near end date when I had the pot back in January. This allows for approximately 16 months for the Oribe vase to go from an exhibition in Japan to NY State and cover about 6815 miles along the way. I wonder what stops it took along the way and did it come East or West to get here. I doubt I will ever have the full story but it was rather enjoyable to host the pot here for a short while during its travels to the current final destination until perhaps the next journey that it undertakes.  #ilikeoribe