Why do we enjoy using and seeing pottery? Making pottery has been part
of our life and also art. Fifty years ago, in Japan, we had a wonderful potter named Kawai
Kanjiro who influenced Japanese pottery history, and he also made other art such as wood sculpture and poems. In order
to know Kawai Kanjiro, you need to know basic procedure about
pottery, Kawai Kanjiro’s pottery style,
and Kawai Kanjiro’s other art. After this presentation, your view of pottery will
certainly be changed. Then you will be an expert about Kawai Kanjiro.
Last week, we took a trip to the Southwest for 7 days. This trip was an absolutely wonderful memory. I had never been to these areas so I was stimulated by every things, for example, cactus, adobe style buildings, Native American culture and amazing dessert views. It is one of the most interesting trips I ever took, because I experienced some rare things like visiting Grand Canyon, visiting high school and so on. On this trip I could understand about Indian culture from a folk art museum. I would like to introduce some my best memories on this Southwest trip. My first best memory is Georgia O’Keef museum. Actually, before this trip, I was not familiar with her and didn’t know about any of her artworks, but I was looking forward to visiting here because I like art museums. Her artworks were very unique, abstract and absolutely fabulous, and these were very fresh to me. I especially liked bone’s paintings which one of the most famous her artwork, because the color contrast is very c...