Every
pot has its nuances and subtleties but seeing them without the pot in hand can
be a major obstacle and this is one of the reasons I have been posting the
slideshow videos I make from time to time. For some pieces, even when the pot
is right in front of you, those subtleties are masked in shadow and the wrong
lighting but thanks to our friend the Sun, occasionally the attributes that
bring a piece to life are plain to see. I received this Bizen vase a few weeks
back to ID for a collector and after taking quite a few well lit shots, I set
the pot over on a shelf to wait for the inevitable light show that happens in
the later afternoon and wasn't disappointed. As you can see in the photo a wide
array of hi-iro flashes and subtleties are brought out with the sunlight and
the vase is painted in a number of colors and tones making for a rather
attractive canvas. Made by the later Bizen potter, Masamune Satoru when this
pot first arrived and was on a different shelf, my wife referred to it as the
hidden vase as it was in a poorly illuminated spot in the house and was like
searching for a form in the darkness. I took enough pictures to put together a
slideshow video which I will post at some point in the not too distant future.
"Human
subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more
direct than does nature because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and
nothing is superfluous." Leonardo
da Vinci
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