“"If you can make a good tea bowl, you can make anything"
is almost an adage in the Japanese ceramic world and there is more than a grain of truth in it. To bring together the lip, the inner surface, the outer profile, and the concluding foot with the right mixture of clay, glaze and fire to produce the elusive balance of utility and grace is not a feat to be taken lightly. To bring them together with a touch of spirituality is magic. (...)
The successful bowl will have an inexplicable serenity to its stance as if it knows what it is about.”
Barry Lancet, Executive Editor (Art), Kodansha International from his essay Shiro Tsujimura
Text aus: marclancet.com