Shaped by the Earth: The Zen Art of Teabowls: Aug 1, 2
August 1st and 2nd, 9 to noon and 2 to 5pm at the Toledo Zen Center
Zen has long had a resonance with the art of pottery, and no where in America is this more fully embodied that in the master potter Mitsuo Kakutani Sensei. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to be shaped by earth with the art of zen pottery!
Fee: $100
To register for this event, please send an email to: info@ToledoZen.org with the event title and your contact information.
Originally from Hyogo, Japan, Kakutani’s artwork is in the permanent collections of several museums, including the Guggenheim Museum (New York) and the Haifa Museum (Israel) in addition to museums throughout the United States. He has been the featured artist for several exhibitions in Japan, Florida, Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin. Kakutani has also taught at several universities in the United States and Japan.
Kakutani’s artistic interests include anagama firing, which is a Japanese style tunnel kiln, in addition to tanegashima firing and experimenting with woodfire on glaze and clay.
