Inamori Pavilion Hours: 11:00 am to 4:30 pm
(Hours subject to change gift shop hours and during special events. Refer to niwa.org)
JFG General Admission Fee: Adults $14.00, Students, seniors (over 65) & Active-Duty Military (with valid I.D) $ 12.00
Hiroyuki Matsui gallery talk and tea demonstration
November 19th: 12:00pm-1:00pm and 1:30pm – 2:30pm
November 20th: 12:00pm-1:00pm and 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Tea tasting ticket $5 + admission (10 person each session)
We are pleased to announce "Yoh no Bi ; Hiroyuki Matsui, Bizen Pottery," a pop-up pottery exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego. The exhibition will run from November 15th through November 21st. The Japanese Bizen potter Hiroyuki Matsui will be on hand to give a gallery talks.
Matsui's career as a Bizen Pottery artist began in April 2000, when he spent one year at the Bizen Pottery Center learning the basics of Bizen Pottery. After graduation, he went to the door of Master Tougyaku Mori, who is trying to revive the old Bizen of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615). Fortunately, he was allowed to become an apprentice at the kiln and graduated from the kiln in 2006, and spent another 10 years working on the large kiln project. The project took 27 long years, but was successfully completed in 2015.
At the same time, he also built his own kiln, 20 meters long, which he fired for the first time in 2008. Matsui has been firing the kiln once a year since. In his private kiln, he mainly fires small household items. As it is important for making practical and beautiful potteries based on Japanese philosophy of “Yoh no bi” It means beautiful and practical. His works has been exhibited both in Japan and overseas.
Hiroyuki Matsui HP http://bizen-matsui.com/
Hiroyuki Matsui gallery talk and tea demonstration
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November 19th: 12:00pm-1:00pm
November 19th: 1:30pm-2:30pm
November 20th: 12:00pm-1:00pm
November 20th: 1:30pm-2:30pm