Joy Brown
" A child of medical missionaries to Japan, I spent
eighteen years of my life there. After college in the United States, I
returned to Japan to work as an apprentice in pottery for four years. In
the rigorous discipline of a traditional Japanese apprenticeship,
working with clay became a way of life.
During that time I was required to
make thousands of cups, never firing
one. Submission to the demands of
this process tought me the technical
skills, a disciplined concentration,
and an understanding of and respect
for the clay. It also taught me that my
experience while working with clay is
just as important as the finished piece.
Whether it is a pot or a sculpture,
ceramic or bronze, the piece will
reflect the spirit in which it was made.
I now work in Kent, Connecticut, where I built a 28-foot-long Japanese style anagama wood-firing kiln. A year of my work is fired at once, in an intense 24-hour-a-day, week-long firing. The resulting warm rich colors and rugged texture are gifts of heat and ash to the clay, bringing life to the unglazed forms. " - Joy Brown |
* If you would like to see more works from this artist, please contact us.
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sarajapanesepottery@gmail.com
We will send you some pictures of his works we have in our store and help you to find what you are looking for.
sarajapanesepottery@gmail.com