Another very impressive clay artist

 Clovy Tsuchiya's pottery is song captured in a vessel. Clovy shapes stoneware into curvy forms that suggest Art Nouveau, flights of fantasy, and the longing for nature in all our hearts. Clovy's forms stand out in the field of contemporary functional pottery. Each one is carefully developed over time and iteration into something both functional and distinctive. Sweeping curves and poetic lines suggest the movements of wind and water, a dolphin leaping in the waves, a butterfly flitting amongst flowers, a colonial organism growing into something complex and dazzling, like the symphony of lives that make a coral reef. Clovy calls this work Zygoplasia, an exploration of the vessel as a complex thing formed of smaller, well-thought parts, each tailored perfectly to its purpose in forming the eventual grandeur of the whole. Soda and reduction-fired, the pots take on atmospheric dimension and a wonderful sheen, bringing Clovy's arresting creations to life..

from Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville FL

Here is the gallery of Clovy Tsuchiya's work. I was impressed by the reasonable prices also.

Mug with saucer and spoon.

Today's quote:

It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up.

ECKHART TOLLE