How much do you know about Japanese pottery? Japanese pottery started in the Jomon Era about 10,000 years ago. Japanese pottery is still an important part of Japanese. The style of Jomonware used many patterns on the surface which were pressed by coils. In the Edo and Meiji Period, Japanese pottery and kiln were improved by the influence of foreign countries. Also pottery began to be used in the Tea Ceremony, and as a result Tea ceremony aesthetics are deeply connected to Japanese pottery. Japanese pottery gain experience of evolution and improvements. In this presentation you will learn about the early history of pottery, pottery materials and equipment, and Japanese pottery today.
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...