Teabowls in Tokyo

A while ago, I had a visit to my workshop from Koichiro Isaka, who is the owner of Gallery St Ives, Tokyo. He asked me if I would make some teabowls for an exhibition in his gallery.

The particular type of teabowls he asked for were Chawan. Of course I've never made such things, as I've tended to take my inspiration from the English tradition, rather than looking towards the East, so I proceeded to make them with some trepidation.And here are some of them. They're a very English interpretation of a Japanese form.
The exhibition opened last night. These photographs were taken by Koichiro in the gallery. There are about 80 Chawan in the show from some amazing makers.
There are pots by UK potters

Clive Bowen

Margaret Curtis

Jack Doherty

Lisa Hammond

Tony Laverick

Philip Leach

Phil Rogers

And from Japan,

Koichiro Isezaki

Kouchi Uchida

Tsubusa Kato Ryotaro Kato

Takuro Kuwata

Tomoo Hamada

Ken Matsuzaki.

You can download the pdf catalogue here

8lb jugs

Tableware