On her way to China she was included in an exhibition with her pottery teacher, Shigeyoshi Morioka, and ten of his apprentices. The show was at Moon Gallery, up in the mountains near Nara.
It is fun to look her pictures and her large sculptures.
We'd like to share this letter, we hope you enjoy it.
It was a special time in Japan with my teacher Shige, his wife and other apprentices. We are like family. Not only did we learn how to make pots and build and fire kilns but we learned a way of life. I was his first apprentice 40 years ago! Shige is like a brother to me. For several days I stayed in his home in Amano, a village in Wakayama mountains.
Moon Gallery is in a beautiful old renovated farmhouse up in the mountains near Nara. We walked up into the hills behind the gallery to pick flowers and greens for the opening of our show. We all stayed in a nearby farmhouse and cooked and ate together, wonderful dinners, lots of sake and late nights talking.
That's Shige waiting for his coffee.. always inspiring and fun to be with him, always my teacher.
In China
After Japan, I went on to Shanghai for a couple weeks to finish a big form in plaster and finish some figures in bronze to prepare for the show at Shanghai Art Fair. It's always lots of fun (and hard work) to be working there. After 5 years of going to this workshop, several times a year for several weeks at a time, I have come to know the small team pretty well and have become very fond of many of them.
Truck loaded, heading to the show in Shanghai
the guys, my friends, working over time on my behalf, installing for stability
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