CARPE MOMENTUM*

Though we knew the weather was going to turn today, there was a brief moment of bright sun and 70 degree temperatures this afternoon and in that window, I was able to take this rather attractive detail shot of this gosu and tessha iron interaction. In normal incandescent light though still a rather nice piece and surface many of these subtle and not so subtle details fail to register to the eye where the sun has amplified the surface and wrung each and every variable out of the various glazes to the very fullest. This particular henko was made by Kawai Kanjiro student, Kawai Hisashi and is both typical of his surfaces and classic in his creation of forms following in the master's footsteps. I am particularly enthralled by the boundaries between the tessha and gosu and how they interact along with the areas where the glazes have started to run down the piece creating exotic stripes surrounded by vivid iron crystals across the surface. There is a cosmic system on the surface of this pot and honestly at 4.37 light years away, quite a bit closer than Alpha Centauri and much easier to see.

(*For clarification sake I should mention that I studied very basic latin back in grade school so admittedly I don't necessarily get things quite right and hope the meaning is not lost in translation. Paenitet.)