Robert Yellin's Japanese Pottery Blog

Greetings, For those who may visit this very dormant page please know more updates are found on our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Robert-Yellin-Yakimono-Gallery/268534563178741...

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Greetings from Kyoto, Into summer we go with some good rain blessing the city today. Hope this finds any readers of this quite dormant blog happy, healthy and inspired by nature and beauty each...

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The cool Seihakuji World of Kubota Rekkou (Yasuyoshi) starting on the 17th; lots of smaller handheld works to cool the body and senses. Also, two new Okayama Intanglible Cultural Properties for...

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A video sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to show the world various special aspects of Japanese culture, I was chosen to show a few artistic sides; the photo is of the film crew and ...

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Please watch and contribute to this worthy cause: http://www.indiegogo.com/Place-of-Hope

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Each year around this time the Japan Ceramic Society (JCS) holds its largest exhibition highlighting the works of winners of it prestigious JCS Prize and Gold Prize; a list of past winn...

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A lovely exhibition is now showing at Honen-in (http://www.kyopro.kufs.ac.jp/dp/dp01.nsf/ecfa8fdd6a53a7fc4925700e00303ed8/2be4c6568c9039f6492575460010acfa!OpenDocument) of six apprentices of ...

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Iga has three famous 'landscapes' (mitsu no keshiki) famous since the 16th century, these are scorch markings (koge), a natural flowing vitrified glaze (biidoro - after the Portuguese word for ...

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https://www.wfconversations.com/enjoy_life/fine_art_collecting/article/pottery_east_and_west/

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At one MacWorld some years back in Tokyo I got a call from the Tokyo Apple HQ office asking if I would be interested to take Steve around looking at ceramic art; at the time I was the ceramic a...

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An eclectic-chic little magazine called Koe did a feature on our gallery and you can read it at this link: http://www.koemagazine.com/2011/09/handling-history-in-a-clay-vessel/ Also, on the gal...

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Our good friend Gregory Howell of Japan Private Journeys (http://www.gregoryhowell.com/) has put together a nice slide show of photos I sent him featuring some of the ceramic artists we repres...

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Please see this brief guest blog written for Japan Living Arts: http://www.japanlivingarts.com/?p=4566

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Taken from the NHK web site in the following link: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/japanology/index.html Jul. 28, Thu. 0:30 - 1:00 (UTC) etc. "Japanophiles - Dorothy Feibleman" 'Thi...

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Please visit our gallery for Tea anytime......

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On Thursday June 23rd a large--very large--Tea Ceremony was held at the Silver Pavilion; one of the main reasons for this large gathering--about 600 people attended--was to raise money ...

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One day I'll never forget is the first time I stepped into the Mingeikan Folk Craft Museum in Tokyo; the majestic building has a presence as a house of immense soul and beauty. It was truly...

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The other day while my good friend Mark Schumacher--who was visiting from his base in Kamakura--were having lunch at Omen I got an email from the gallery that a tanuki was napping in the galler...

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Here in the new Kyoto-old house--the lighting and ambiance make for some great backdrops for the stunning works we offer; please see the attached photos to see what I mean. Lots of rain...

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Kato Takahiko carved a wood plaque to place above our gallery entrance; Gin-Ro-An--Silver Dew Hermitage (retreat, hut). Kato, of course, is a truly talented Shigaraki potter, yet he is also a...

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The other day we added new lighting to the gallery and you can view many more photos of the truly splendid setting in this link: http://www.japanesepottery.com/gallery_detail.php?currentnum=0&c...

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Greetings from Kyoto! Major move for our gallery is just about complete in a magnificent old Sukiya-style home a few minutes walk from the Silver Pavilion. Look for photos of works using the ...

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If in Tokyo until June 26th be sure to check out the Kikuchi Bienalle IV at Musee Tomo; our favorite emerging artist Gomi Kenji was awarded a prize. Their HP in Japanese only: http://www.muse...

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