If
you take a strong and sturdy form and the use of two straightforward glazes, in
this case black and iron red, a bit of wax and an unfettered design you can be
mislead into thinking that there is little exceptional going on. However as you
look at the work of Morino Taimei nothing could be further from the truth as
his elemental forms and simple design and execution create objects of
sophistication and contemplative beauty who along with the late Miyashita Zenji
create wondrous sculptural ceramics that use organic and even asymmetrical
decoration on geometric and rigid forms. Morino creates these geometric forms
entirely by hand, choosing to hand build from the ground up; the piece rises
with precise lines and curves later to be glazed and decorated in a manner
which both compliments and disturbs the continuity of the piece. When added together, form,
decoration and texture create a visual and lyrical poem that yields new nuances
at each and every viewing.
"At
ubi materia, ibi Geometria." ("Where
there is matter, there is geometry.")
Johannes
Kepler
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