SatokoBarashCeramics

I studied with Gregory Roberts at Sonoma State University, CA. After  graduating SSU in 2005, I continued my studies with Doug Browe.  Doug and his wife, Jan Hoyman, established Hoyman-Browe Studio in Ukiah, CA, where I worked for a few months in 2005.  Doug now heads the ceramic department at Mendocino Community College, Ukiah, CA.

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High-fired Stoneware, 2004  13"wx9"dx30"h      sold

Tea Party Inside a Teapot

High-fired Stoneware   approximately  9”x7.5”x8”

I grew up in Japan and when I was older, studied for two years in England.  In both counties, tea drinking is very much a part of one’s life.  When happy, tired, sad or upset, tea provides us with warmth and comfort.  A teapot holds something hot, warm or cold. It is, for me, a symbol of human relationship such as family, friends and lovers, thus, “Tea party Inside a Teapot.”

This particular teapot was shown and sold in the Juried Exhibition INFUSION10x10 at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO. between May 2 and June 30, 2008