International Chawan Spring Expo in Nara, Japan
About the expo
Expo history
The tea ceremony
Word by the curator
Atelier Janja Gora, Croatia
Exhibitions
• 2012, Gallery Yûsai, 22 Nishi Terabayashi-chõ, Nara-shi, Japan
• 2011, The Jared Branfman Memorial Gallery, Needham, Massachusetts, USA
• 2011, Art Pavilion Juraj Šporer, Opatija, Croatia
• 2010, Salon de H - Art company, Seoul, South Korea
• 2010, Keramisch atelier & galerie, Utrecht, Netherlands
• 2010, Musée du Gress, St. Amand en Puisaye, France
• 2010, La Maison de la Poterie, Bouffioulx (Chàtelet), Belgium
• 2009, Musée de la Ceramique, Andenne, Belgium
• 2009, Torhouts Pottery Museum, Belgium
Links
In this section you can find links to people and organizations who have helped in organization and maintenance of this international exhibition.
GLOBALY
Het Laatste huis - Lou Smedts
Atelier Janja Gora
Japan Foundation
NETHERLANDS
Studio Beverloo
www.yakimono.eu
USA
Gorse Mill Gallery
Steven Branfman
FRANCE
Rozen Bigot
Tom Charbit
Dalloun
CROATIA
Croatian museum of tourism
Ivanić Grad, Croatia
Lou Smedts (Belgium / ベルギー)
Lou Smedts
Belgium
Email: lou.smedts@hotmail.com
In my studio time does not exist My potter's wheel turns slowly
My hands direct the clay and form a new space
The clay fills the gap between inside and outside
Creating a secure interior space the soul of the bowl, a void that can be filled
A new Chawan is born
私のアトリエでは時間は存在しない
ろくろがゆっくりと回転する
手が土を新しい空間に送り込む
土が内と外とのギャップを埋めていく
確かな内部空間、茶碗の魂、満たされるべき空所が創られて行く
そして、新しい茶碗が生まれる
