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Japan Pottery/Craft Tour  with  Seattle Potter Rob Fornell The tour will depart the US June 27th, 2014 and will return approximately...

Last night we had a very special workshop with potter Richard Brandt  firing black raku style teabowls. Richard is a long time Portland cera...

Thanks to the Oregon Potters Association, Inayoshi Osamu, Japanese Potter. will be presenting a demo workshop at The Oregon College of Ar...

Naoki Nomura san from Soujuan Kimono Visited Portland at the End of September.  Every year he designs art kimono based on various themes. ...

Nishiki is Japanese brocade fabric.  According to my sources and notes:  The patterns for this brocade are woven from various colored weft f...

One of the pleasures of attending a tea gathering are the stories told at the gathering.   Putting together how the meaning of the scroll ...

I took the photo above rather in tribute to Michael Kenna. He is one of my favorite photographers.  He first came to my attention about 15...

Today I went to the Portland Art Museum's Exhibition of Woodblock Prints from their collection, The Artist's Touch, The Craftsman...

December is a busy time for teacher and it is nicknamed the month of teacher's running.  That is the truth for me this year.  Not only a...

I have a group of new students and some of them have told me that doing tea looks so simple that anyone can do it.  That is until we start w...

I apologize for not posting the last couple of weeks.  It has been a crazy summer.  The intensive is complete, the craft show was a success,...

WING LUKE ASIAN MUSEUM TATEUCHI STORY THEATER PERFORMING ARTS SERIES PRESENTS NOH DRAMA GROUP CHUUDEN YUUGAKUKAI OF NAGOYA, JAPAN. Witn...

I have added a link to my good friend Maggie Chula's blog .  She is an internationally published haiku poet and has just posted an excel...

For the introduction to chado class, we viewed a video the other night called, " Dream Window, Reflections on the Japanese Garden . If...

Despite bitter cold and a horrendous East wind blowing last Sunday, my husband and I were invited to the opening of the anagama firing by Ri...

First Annual Ryokusuido Holiday Show and Sale 2009 Please come to our Holiday Show of Japanese Antiques, Kimono, and Obi, featuring woo...

Portland Japanese Garden Presents: The Bontei Tray Gardens of Marc Peter Keane November 7–22 Free with Garden Admission Th...

PSU Center for Japanese Studies presents Backstage to Hanamichi: the Color, Magic and Drama of Kabuki Lecture & Performance Wednesday, ...

C.H.A. Creative Handmade Art Year II This show presents a collection of artists who study the way of tea. …a way of beauty …a way of life Ri...

I'd like to post a link to Phillytea blog . Morgan took very good notes during Roshi's talk about Zen and tea scrolls. Much better...