Surprise from my kiln

Translation: Heike van Gunst

Best regards
Peter
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Creepy!! In a good way!

Those serpents are just too cool!

Hi John,
hi Kitoi,
Thanks for the nice compliment.
Best regards
Peter

Legends and Dreams.
It was a great pleasure to make it, but while I was still working on it I asked myself: what kind of plant should be placed into such a pot?
Should we spend our time making something we do not need? I think I have created it just for its own sake. It was no question of usefulness anymore but the pot itself wanted to be made, without any great meaning.
And here it is now, meaningless, but it gives us a lot of mental freedom to integrate it into the rooms we decorate and live in, to create a sphere in which we are comfortable.
There are no limits to phantasy, wether we use it as an Ikebana vase, plant pot or livingroom accessory, everything is possible and only the owner attaches importance to it, using it when he creates a room for himself in which he can give way to his uncensored dreams.

Translation: Heike van Gunst

Best regards
Peter
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Here are two unglazed pots.




Size: 33 cm x 23,8 cm x 5,7 cm






Size: 47,5 cm x 13,5 cm x 3,5 cm

I wish you a nice weekend

Peter
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Love them Peter

Regards

Andy

PS When Heike comes to see you soon she has a little something for you from me

Hi Andy,
thanks for the nice compliment.
I think this is a surprise.
I'm very excited about the gift when Heike comes.
She comes on Saturday 19 02:11
Best wishes
Peter

Very beautiful work Peter !!!

Cheers
Vic

Mind-blowing pots as usual!!! Fantastic Peter

all the best, dan

Hi Dan,
It is very exciting to see your beautiful pots now here in the forum.
We already know from the beginning of pottery bonsai pots in Europa.
Each of us has found its own way.

Thank you for the nice compliment.
Best wishes
Peter

Abundance of Life
How much room do I have for displaying all the things which touch my soul? Things I want to show and tell, which touch me, delight me and reflect myself. It would be an area as large as the surface of the things that touch me.
A tiny portion, but nevertheless these two pots show fireworks of symbolism and floral patterns. Pots like these were created just for their own sake, out of pure joy and passion for beauty.
There was a time in China when such pots were used for plants and were articles of daily use. Life was celebrated regarding even the finest and smallest detail. Unfortunately only the rich and aristocratic people had the privilege to enjoy all this.
The idea of replicating such a masterpiece has fascinated me from the beginning. Reaching perfection was not my ambition as it is impossible to achieve when only one copy is made. What touches me is to ignore time and to feel the structures of the clay. Only when both, the clay and the potter, devote themselves to each other they can merge and become a unity.
The pots shown below are no exact replica as I have used the original motifs, but changed the shapes due to the dimensions of the kiln.
What belongs to our life, in the small facet bonsai, and what can be celebrated, is viewing a flower, a twig, a nebari, a pot on which the moss of time is growing.
Perishability, the wonderful melancholy of bonsai and the pot it is growing in, is a great experience in life.

Translation: Heike van Gunst








Size: 50 cm x 32 x 21 cm - 4/1993

Size: 48 cm x 34 cm x 22 cm - 5/1994

Best wishes
Peter
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Hi Peter.
I love your pots - specially your dragonpots - they goes right into my heart. I've allways loved dragons and your words about myths and legends and fairy tales could have been mine.
Thankyou for making these pots and for showing them here.

best wishes Lone

Hi Lone,
thanks for the nice compliment, I also love the dragons.
Best regards
Peter

Fu, archaic

Reverberation of ancient times, an archaic reflection of hundreds of potter generations. Mysterious silence, and at the same time full of exuberant symbolism. Stories which cannot be told anymore, lost in the course of time. The visible things admonish and remind us of everything that is connected to the roots.
What is visible must be kept, in order to find what lies in the dark and is a part of today's pottery. It is a tribute to and appreciation of ceramic history to internalise all this. Turning soil into feelings, wishes and art fascinates me when I take some clay in my hands. This little pot contains all this and has shown me something I dream of and hope that it will live on for many generations.
Here are three old pots, propably all from the same pottery. They originate from the province of Canton, China. They are approximately between 100 and 150 years old.



They were made using the coiling technique. Propably an old wooden mould has been used. The clay coil was pressed into the mould in order to create the basic shape. On the inside of the pot we can still see the texture of the coils. The outside surface was worked and flattened with a paddle.



The octagonal pots were then decorated with plant and animal reliefs. Afterwards they were painted with blackbrown engobe and partly glazed. The encrusted hand-painted glaze changed its colour after firing to blackish blue where glaze drips occurred. The pots have eight stair feet which get wider towards the top. The size of the pots is 30 x 30 x 20 cm. On the four wide sides flowers, grasses, aubergines, butterflies and dragonflies are pictured. On the narrow sides there are bats applied, alternately hanging with the head down or up. In China, the bat is a synonym for good luck. The word for bat „fu“ sounds the same as the word for good luck „fu“. Using the bat decoration expressed the wish for good luck. All four bats were shaped in a mould and then, like the other figurines, applied to the leatherhard clay.



We can assume that these pots are from a serial production. All pots vary only in the different motifs applied to them. Propably the individual potters in this pottery were quite free to choose the motifs themselves.
One side of this pot shows a lotos plant and a duck or goose. Lotos is the symbol for enlightenment. The roots, growing in the mud, symbolise human entanglement and passions. Leaves and flowers, opening to the sun, stand for purity. Chinese „Ya“, the duck, is not very commonly used in China's symbolism. The meaning of this pot might be „may you pass your exam successfully“ or „marital happiness“.
Should the bird be a goose, then the meaning would be „the flying brant may prolong the years.“

This is the replica I tried to make. It should not be compared to the original pots, but was a kind of empathising and understanding of a time passed long ago, but is nevertheless still perfectly up-to-date concerning the elements „earth and fire“.

The open mouths of the bats are interesting, but they have a very practical reason. Applying such motifs implies the danger that they could explode during the firing process. Opening the mouths allows possibly existing air pockets to exhaust more easily and reduces the danger of exploding.



Translation: Heike van Gunst

Best wishes
Peter

I want this one, Peter. I'd like to see it without the foot forward. But does it have only 3 feet?



Diameter: 19 cm x 8 cm

Hi Peter,
your work is always breathless,how i wish we're close so i could get hold of it,keeping your pot is more than enough.Continue to shar
With high respect,
Alex/Ogie

Hi Scion, see PM

Hi Alex,
thanks for the nice compliment.
Best regards
Peter

this is a piece of jewellery...







... literally, as the crack is repaired with pure gold from a wedding ring and parts of the inherited family jewellery.
I think it was worth the investment.

Best regards
Peter
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Peter,
I like the repaired crack. Very Japanese in feeling!
But, I don't know with gold at $1,200ish an ounce!

dale

Hi Dale,
then the family jewelry melted down.
Best wishes
Peter