Utsuwa Katachi: Japanese Ceramics gardens Pascal Gielen (Antennae)

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Utsuwa Katachi: Japanese Ceramics gardens Pascal Gielen (Antennae)If you align your two little fingers and cup your hands together, you make the basic shape of an Utsuwa. The art of Japanese pottery making culminates here. The word means container or vessel, but if you focus too much on just the word, you might miss something. Behind, lies a range of cultural associations such as humility, gratitude and open heartedness, which the ceramic producers transfer to the distinctive forms of their work. One wonders no more