DAY IN, DAY OUT

I realize that I put up a blog post about this haikaburi uzukumaru style tsubo by Takauchi Shugo some while back but ran across this sunlight and shadow photo and decided to put this up well. In many respects these photos using the sun and shadow help focus in on various details from the the casual manner in which the mouth was formed, study and well defined and perfect for trapping ash to the aminated, free style incised decoration which is part and parcel of Takauchi's vocabulary to the opaque, running ash showing off against the fire flashed surface in perfect contrast. These are common observations but perhaps my favorite aspect of these photos is that there is a direct relationship to medieval antecedants where such an object was defined by sunlight and occasionally the moonlight as well. 

As the light fades and candle power takes over the crispness of form and surface are taken over by the mysterious encroachment of shadow until the pot fades away into the background of the environment periodically lit by the glow of the moon only to be revealed fully again come dawn. I like this cycle where the pot is always changing from dawn to dusk and am rather thankful that I have a few spots that are perfect for creating this experience day in and day out, rain or shine as the day drifts by.