I have been taking the time to
sort through old photos, negatives and slides and getting them converted in to
jpegs before they are a total loss. As I am going through the stacks and stacks
of photos, I am surprised at images that I stumble on that I didn't even know
exist. There are pictures of people I worked with, like; Kohyama Yasuhisa,
Warren MacKenzie, Jeff Oestriech, Bill Klock, Dick Schneider, Kirk Mangus, Marie
Woo, John Gill, Bill Brouillard and many, many others. There are also the
pictures, thousands of them from a number of trips to Japan as well as
potteries in Japan, primarily in Shigaraki/Iga, Mashiko, Hagi and Gifu (Mino).
Looking at all of these photos brings back memories of wonderful places,
people, pottery and even food. This is a project, long overdue, that I am glad
I am finally making the time for.
Illustrated is one of those
photos that I had forgotten that it existed. Actually, it was my wife who
noticed this as I was flipping by negatives and suggested that we convert this
one that was taken back in the 90's at Kent State. This photo was taken just as
the firemouth was unbricked of the anagama at Kent State and in the picture
there are several of my pieces as well as a mizusashi by Marie Woo. At the very
top of the photo, within the kiln is a teabowl that was posted on my blog some
time ago, see attached link. I found it rather neat to see this picture after all these years and
builds a better context for the pot. Makes me wish I had taken a lot more
photographs and started converting them to digital a long time ago.
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