Kjell Hahn, longtime friend and colleague, has been working with John Dix, a ceramicist who fires of wood fired noborigama kiln. There is a firing coming up at the end of April and I went to Sasayama to help with the preparations which included chopping up a lot of wood. John recently received [...]
I am always on the lookout for functional design. Recently I visited the Expo site in Aichi. While exploring the grounds I came across a nice fence design using cylinders of wood and simple metal hardware that penetrated the posts. This gave the fence a natural but sturdy look. At another location I found the [...]