Robert Fornell Ceramics

[TIM]

Tsujimura Shiro in Boston....

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Hi Robert, I just realize you did had a Yagi Akira piece in the past. I was in a battle for an auction 8 years ago.... Sadly I lost

Since then, I've been trying to locate this item. The one you had has a rough rim, the one I love here is smooth:

http://tiny.cc/7mvc1

Do you mind pm-ing me the final price yours were sold for?
Many Many Thanks ~ T

My Bad, sorry Robert. I thought you are the owner of:
http://www.japanesepottery.com/index.php

My apology

Tim.... unfortunately I'm afraid you have me mistaken for someone else. No knowledge of the Yagi Akira work you speak of.

Sorry...
R

[Robert Fornell]

Tsujimura Shiro in Boston....

IMG_3258aa.jpg

Hi Robert, I just realize you did had a Yagi Akira piece in the past. I was in a battle for an auction 8 years ago.... Sadly I lost

Since then, I've been trying to locate this item. The one you had has a rough rim, the one I love here is smooth:

http://tiny.cc/7mvc1

Do you mind pm-ing me the final price yours were sold for?
Many Many Thanks ~ T

My Bad, sorry Robert. I thought you are the owner of:
http://www.japanesepottery.com/index.php

My apology

Tim.... unfortunately I'm afraid you have me mistaken for someone else. No knowledge of the Yagi Akira work you speak of.

Sorry...
R

Hey Tim,

It's no problem. You're thinking of my friend Robert Yellin who runs that site. I'm having dinner with him in Kyoto next month and I can ask him about the piece if you like.

Best,
Rob

[TIM]

That will be wonderful! If that's ok with you. Thank you so much Rob

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Mungyeong, Korea. Spring 2011

Rob Fornell, Hong Seong il, Park Yeon Tae

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[bonjiri]

wow
cool photograph rob

sorry i missed you in tokyo
see u soon
cheers
cory

[togei]

The man, the legend himself.
I hope to catch you next time you are in Japan.
Dave

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The man, the legend himself.
I hope to catch you next time you are in Japan.
Dave

He's a nice guy. The Korean potters liked talking with him. It gave them a lot to think about.

[Robert Fornell]

The man, the legend himself.
I hope to catch you next time you are in Japan.
Dave

He's a nice guy. The Korean potters liked talking with him. It gave them a lot to think about.

Thanks for posting that Jeff.... it's a nice picture and if you don't mind sending along a copy I'd appreciate it.

"legend"...... hummmm

Best,
R

[Robert Fornell]

A couple of chawan I fired last month for the teabowl festival in Korea which didn't quite make the cut.....

Thanks for looking!
R

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[Robert Fornell]

While not related to tea, I thought I'd share this as well which is a piece (sized at 210cm x 60cm) that I just entered in the Gyeonggi International Ceramics Biennale Competition in Icheon Korea. A number of very generous prizes are awarded as well as a working residency..... I could do that!

Best,
R

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[togei]

Nice work Robert. Good luck in the Biennale.
Dave

[Robert Fornell]

Thanks Dave....

Here's a link to friend Ryotaro Matsumura's tea space Shuhally. I love the way he and other younger chajin are moving the genre forward in some very bold ways! This is how tradition is kept alive.....

http://www.shuhally.jp/

Best,
R

[togei]

Thanks for the link.
Very interesting comment about moving the genre forward.
When I came to Japan way back I was doing performance art. One of my initial projects, not completed, was to do performances on a new way to do the tea ceremony. I came here to study Ankoku no Butoh and my aesthetic was, and probably still is, influenced by Hijikata and Ohno of Butoh fame. I started researching spaces for the project. If you have ever been to the Osaka Sky Building, coming from J.R. Osaka via the underground tunnel you will have passed through one of my main performance space interests. I had very interesting reactions to my idea to move the tea ceremony from a tea room out into the 'real' world, none of it positive. I don't say that as a judgement about Japanese people but more as a comment on what the ceremony represents here in Japan and how 'moving it forward' is in itself an interesting concept.
Dave

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Interesting stuff, Togei. I met Akiko Motofuji, the wife of Hijikata, and her daughter in S.F. in the 90's through my wife who did the lighting for their show. She was introduced to them by the Tamanos with whom she worked with many times. Koichi Tamano is a remarkable performer as well as his wife.

[togei]

I didn't know Hijikata's wife did performance, I will look her up on Youtube.
One thing that has interested my very much both about Hijikata and Ohno is that their main 'jobs' were night club owner and school janitor respectively. That men of such stature in the dance world had to do dance as a side outlet both gives me encouragement and yet I am amazed.
Dave