Kawabata Kentaro: The Mouth is the gate of the Evil, 2005, Glazed clay, Photo by Taku Saiki.
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Kawabata Kentaro: Untitled, 2011, Glazed clay, silver, sand, Photo by Taku Saiki.
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Tanoue Shinya: KARA-10: Fu- b, 2010, Glazed clay, 9 1/2” x 12 1/2” x 9” (h)
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Tanoue Shinya: KARA 09: Kan, 2009, Glazed clay, 22” x 22 3/4” x 22” (h)
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Tanoue Shinya: Shell 11: 10-9, 2010, Glazed clay, 12 1/2” x 13” x 12” (h)
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Tanoue Shinya: KARA-10 : Fu-1, 2010, Glazed clay, 7” x 7” x 12 1/2”
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Jorie Johnson (Joi Rae): Gourd Runner I table center/tatami series, natural color and vegetable-dyed wool, flax, kudzu fiber, skeletal leaves. Photo by Toyoda Yuzo.
Surrounded by lots of lovely Japanese ceramics I wanted a new way to initiate conversations between the clay objects, textiles and the room interior. In order to protect the table top, tray surfaces or tatami from rough ceramic bottoms I designed a group of felt textiles to solve the problem. Also, the clay, grass fibers, trees and sheep all exist in the same environment so I found that the combination of materials was very simpatico and coordinated naturally together in almost any interior setting. Nice with clay pots, glass vessels and wood.
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Jorie Johnson (Joi Rae): Confetti Shawls detail, 2008, hand-woven silk fabric, wool. Photo by Toyoda Yuzo.
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Jorie Johnson (Joi Rae): My Rising Sun With In: Dark Green carpet series 2011, 106 x 170cm, natural color and acid-dyed wool; Landscape Fragments cushion series 2011, wool felt cover, cotton cushion, suede. Photo by Toyoda Yuzo.
After the March 2011 earthquake/tsunami/reactor explosion I realized that we all look at Japan in a different way. So in reference to the name Land of the Rising Sun, I was working through current queries about my life here in Japan.
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Jorie Johnson (Joi Rae): Square Mats: Beige 2009, natural color and vegetable-dyed wool, flax, skeletal leaves. Photo by Toyoda Yuzo.
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Jorie Johnson (Joi Rae): Sumi Silk Vest & Jacket 2009, wool, Sumi ink on silk fabric. Photo by Toyoda Yuzo.
The Sumi ink painting on silk was a collaboration with Christine Flint Sato (Nara, Japan/UK)
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