CHOSEN

I know in the past I have mentioned an interest in the unpredictability of runny glazes in my work so it should come as no surprise that the same applies to pots that I collect and/or study. The movement and conversations created in a moving surface is pure excitement, it pleases the eye and the soul which is the most you can ask of a pot. The illustrated detail is from a Chosen-Karatsu chawan made by Fujinoki Dohei and the surface is alive with motion as the glaze cascades down the rounded contours of the bowl. As the tendrils of movement pick up varying tones of color and texture from the base glaze, a rich tapestry is woven between pot and viewer, a narrative steeped in a centuries old tradition that was made in the here and know; centuries of tradition, aesthetics and beauty all frozen in time as the elements coalesced to paint this Chosen-Karatsu waterfall. I wanted to present this detail before showing off the whole chawan as sometimes the tree is the first thing that should be realized before you take in the entire forest.

"Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail." Leonardo Da Vinci