current exhibition

I opened another exhibition this weekend in Mashiko. 6/20-7/2
It will be my last one while my assistant, Brett, is still here from KC.

please come & bring all of your friends & all of their friends!

Ldb

SAKURASAKU

I will be showing my ceramic art and luminescent, mixed-media sculptures in a collaborative exhibition with flower arrangement artist, Nichimasa Toizumi, a Kadou-nippoukoryu master. The installation, "SAKURASAKU-spirit blossom", will be held in Harajuku, Tokyo on March 5 to the 8.

'Sakura' means cherry blossoms, & 'saku' means to blossom.
You may already know that the cherry blossoms are highly praised for their beauty & grace within the deepest roots of Japanese culture. Cherry blossoms are symbolic for new beginnings and historically have hosted festive gatherings beneath them where the people originally offered o-sake to the Gods of good fortune before the sowing of seeds for the new years crops. Their nature and presence reminds us of the fragility of our passing existence here on Earth.

Our lives will not last.
Let your spirit blossom!

This will be a festive exhibition.
If any of you are anywhere near, please come and enjoy the flowers!

-db

so grateful & now so psyched...

It had been a long, long time since I had created any sculptures. I already felt so good just in the making of them, and to see them come about, but now to have one put in the collection of an art collector and bonding with a person who shares similar visions has just capped off a fabulous month for me!
I am so grateful and now so psyched to be getting ready to fly out of the jungle of Japan on the 29th to go make some new creations in the dessert of New Mexico!

details:
people.tribe.net/2786b91b-...6bce89333e

WORDS

My tribe friend, Chris, has gotten some words out of me.
For anyone who wants to have a read:
www.socalpotters.com/2008/05...ack.html

Thanks Chris!