Context - TORTUS COPENHAGEN

I found TORTUS COPENHAGEN that is a Danish pottery studio in Tent London. I thought that their works have British pottery contexts (Lucie Rie, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott). They made glazes that were similar to Rie and Pigott, however, they added original elements (shapes of edges, space that does not have glaze). I think their arrangement was slight, but those slight changes have significant meaning in the field of ceramic. A little modification changes impression of ceramic works considerably, and we can feel intention of artists.   

  

TORTUS COPENHAGEN 

TORTUS COPENHAGEN 

Lucie Rie

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott

 　　　　　　　　　

The Japanese Tea Ceremony

“It is essentially a worship of the imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.” (Okakura, 2006)

This is an interpretation of the Japanese tea ceremony by Okakura Tenshin. It had a profound effect on the concept of Japanese ceramics. Setting an ideal and approaching it is meaningful, and I think it is the principal approach to society by a ceramist. I also focus on that tea masters set their ideal space and tools into compact size. In my study, I will explore ideal shape and materiality into compact size just like tea masters.

     
Reference       Okakura, T. (2006) THE BOOK OF TEA Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd.

Scandinavian miniature pottery

The main theme of my study is “miniature pottery”. I was strongly inspired by several Scandinavian ceramists (Wilhelm Kage, Stig Lindberg, Berndt Friberg, Carl-Harry Stalhane, and GunnerNylund). They made great miniature pottery, however, it is not perfect for me. The shapes of their works were very simple, and the expressions of materiality did not succeed, because sometimes it looks like plastic. I want to explore shape and materiality in miniature pottery.

                                                                            Berndt Friberg

This is my starting point. I imitated a Friberg's photo, I need to develop it from here.