Tribute

Title: “A Tribute to Hart, Tagami and Powell”

Year: 2003

Medium: Ceramic / Hemp Rope

Description: Hanging Wall Sculpture

Dimensions: 63 x 18 x 3 in. (+/-)

Subject: Representational

Inspiration: Inspired by Japanese philosophy and aesthetics: Striving towards the ideals of

harmony and simplicity. All of the kashigata subjects are symbolic. Such as,

Camellia– Ideal love, modesty, simple beauty, admiration, perfection, gratitude,

nobility of reasoning; Open Book – In search of knowledge; Koi – Perseverance,

strength, courage and the ability to attain high goals; Kanji Tablet – The symbol for

the number forty-three appears in the middle of the tablet between the columns

indicating that it is an excerpt from a longer piece of literature; Tai (Sea Bream) Good

luck, good fortune.

Technique: High fired stoneware, slabs were hand pressed into antique Japanese carved wood

block ceremonial kashigata (confectionery molds), a rare wood block used for printing

kanji was used to make the impressions in the tablet, the slab sculpture of an open

book was hand shaped after the rice impressions were made from a flat wood block,

the bamboo hanger is extruded with additional hand built parts; stained with red iron

oxide and gas fired in a reduction atmosphere, assembled with hemp rope.

Colors: Brown, Earth Tones

Price: SOLD (new, commissioned work available) $3,500 for the wall sculpture pictured

above. Delivery and installation by the artist is recommended.

Exhibition: 2003 Hawaii Craftsmen’s 36th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition,

Honolulu Museum of Art School