KAZE-MON

This is another one of those odd photos taken while being at the right place at the right time. I don’t quite remember the circumstances but I was getting ready to take photos of my pots that came out of the kiln that morning and when I set up the lighting, this is what I got over on the tansu. Illustrated is the very top of a Wakao Toshisada Nezumi-Shino style “wind-gate” (KAZE-MON) casting a giant shadow on the wall. The greyish, textured glaze, the sukashi, pierced triangle and perfect pure white device work hand in hand with the low lighting and shadow to create an interesting photo. I am not quite sure how I ended up with a light and dark shadow against each other but that coupled with the triangular light spot is its own lesson in geometry. I am sure there are photographers out there that can plan all of these elements without so much as a second thought but for me, this may be the actual definition of serendipity.