Well, we wrapped up the show last night at 6 pm, and headed out for a nice dinner and some beer, stopping on the way at Homura, the best pottery gallery in Karatsu. Not good to go in there with a wad of cash in your pocket, you won’t escape undamaged. I did the next best thing by only dropping $50 on a really nice little teabowl that I coudn’t believe was priced that low.

Here are some pics from the show starting from the entry way, with 3 pieces: my big Chosen Karatsu jar, a collaborative piece (an incense burner), and Nakayama kun’s long wallet, made of Bison.

Sorry the wallet is not too visible. The burner is yohen yakishime and the lid is fumed silver with a lotus motif. The flower is the knob, the leaves incised, and the empty seed pods are the air holes. Isn’t it a beaut?