A
week or so ago, I received an email from a collector from the Great White North
letting me know that a photo I had put up actually shows off a guinomi that he
had acquired. The photo in question was actually sent to me by another
collector whom had visited Kumano in Echizen some time past and to be honest, I
thought what are the odds and even more so, what a small world has been created
by internet connectivity. The guinomi is by Kumano Kuroemon and is quite a
beauty, the surface is a sheet of pale green fractured ice with an area of
built up ash running down the very face of the piece. The form is classic
Kumano, broad and well articulated perched on a generous foot that adds both
stability and a sense of purpose to this small giant. At first glance it is
easy to see what Kumano's surfaces are all about but as you delve deeper in to
them, they are a complex assortment of varying effects, chemistry and
fantastical firing. It may only be a guinomi but from my perspective, a truly
good pot can fill up quite a large space where a small pot can write volumes about a craft and art of a
potter as this certainly does. And from the political desk of I,
POTTER the quintessential differences between Canada and the US in a short video in case anyone
was confused or wondering;
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