Dear friends and lovers of Japanese ceramics,
Welcome to my new “blog”! Since I hate that word I have chosen to call this site “Into the Studio”, to give you an idea of what’s going on in my studio, both in Japan as well as the USA, as well as around my life. As I hope you have discovered from my website www.teaceramics.com, for the past 9 years I have been splitting my time between my longtime home/studio (25 yrs) outside Kyoto, Richado-Gama, and my other studio in America, Konko-Gama, in Concord, Massachusetts.
This has kept me pretty busy for some time now and the main site has fallen behind to the point where I felt it was necessary to try and create an easier way to keep you in closer touch with what I’ve been up to most recently.
This site will also give me a chance to share some other things which directly influence the work I do, as well as how I feel about them. Hopefully as time goes on I will become comfortable with this format to the extent that I can show you the real inner workings of my creative process. It will also offer you a chance to leave comments for me which I am always glad to hear.
Since one of my other passions beyond clay is taking photos, I will also occasionally try to post some of my favorite images to share some of the fascinating and beautiful scenes from my travels, or even from my backyard! (or front yard, like this view below of my studio & kiln taken in Nov. 2008.
We are starting out in English only for now but plan to add Japanese text to the site in the near future so keep an eye out and we hope you’ll check in now & then to see what’s going on.
Thanks for visiting & Let’s share peace thru a bowl of tea!
Richado-Gama, Nov. 2008
Richard Milgrim
