I have been trying to create various files of digital images I have by both
potter and pottery tradition and came across these old images of a simple kogo
with a somewhat interesting story. What makes this kogo interesting is that it
was discovered by accident while we were visiting the studio of Honiwa Rakunyu
II, while looking at and inside his kiln, we spotted this lone kogo from the
recent firing still on a shelf way off in the distance with wads still
attached. We pointed it out to Honiwa-san and he retrieved it, later knocking
off the wads, putting it in a signed box and then gave it to my wife as a small
gift. I realize these photos are not the best, they date to the very late 90s
using a digital camera my wife borrowed from her work, taken when we lived in
NH if memory serves me correctly. This kogo, along with a number of other kogo,
guinomi and yunomi that we received as gifts were on constant display prior to
our last move and due to the limited space in our current home they are all sequestered
away. It certainly was a nice little display and I am thinking that the nostalgia
of it all is getting the better of me and I might just need to go get these
pieces out again so that we can see them in 3-D again, hopefully Khan will
cooperate.
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