I very much like the Japanese term "Wabi-Sabi". The common understanding is "rustic", but it is clearly so much more. To me, it is a combination of nature, art, and spirituality. I feel that whenever two of these three are present, the third automatically follows. Here are some pieces I have made. I hope they invoke that concept.

Sticks & Stones on ceramic tray

Ceramic Yin-Yang symbol 10" x 10"

Beads from the "Japanese Collection"

The "Saginaw Collection" egg cups and bowls

Two bowls
Three bowls

Same bowls - bird's eye view

Three bowls

Two carafes

Two carafes, one with a repaired lip

Chikamatsu Monzaemon - the "Japanese Shakespeare" 5" x 5" tile

An old chair found in the street

Another old chair found in the street

Restored chair

Two restored chairs

Cheese dish with wooden handle

Proof it's a cheese dish

Table frame found in the street

Repaired table with old wood

Still life

Egg cups and saki cups

Egg cups

Saki cups

A water jug with wooden top

A carafe and jug

Peace signs on American pine

Various items

Various items

A water jug and a carafe

A jug and a carafe - bird's eye view

A jug, a carafe and a plate

A pot

Same pot made from four different pieces of clay

Lamp made from pot

Restored table found in the street

The artist at lunch

A mustard pot

Nude

Nude

Nude

Nude

Nude

Nude

Nude

Nude

Old table found in the street

Restored table with old wooden boards

Peace signs blowing in the wind

Pot with lid

A remade pot with lid

The making of a salt cellar

"Sanctuary" - the artist's workplace

Repairing old chairs

Sanding old chairs

Small bowls

Four bowls

A spice rack found in the street

Still life

Restored table and chairs found in a dumpster

The artist at work

The artist's muse

Plates and bowls from the Saginaw Collection

Various items

Various items

Water jug

A wine jug

A jug

Carafe

Wine carafe with manzanita stopper

Yuriko

Yuriko

Bowls from the Saginaw Collection

Peasant with sickle by Van Gogh

Peasant with sickle by myself aged 16

Bowls with hand-carved spoons and lids from the Saginaw Collection

Bowl with stones from Lake Powell, Utah

Large blue bowl

Old desk found in the street

Refurbished desk

Two chairs found in the street and refurbished

Solid oak table found in the street

Same table repaired, fixed up and waxed

A wooden repair

Spoons

More spoons

Sketch of Lake Powell, Utah

Old painting of a young nude

Water jug with lid

Refurbished chest found in the street (as is the chair alongside)

Two teak chairs pulled from a dumpster truck

Same chairs after a little work

Finished chairs with cushions also found in the street

A green bowl

The view from Sanctury, 2004

The making of trays

Reclaimed wood for trays

Tray 19" x 13"

Tray 21" x 15"

Old broken chest found in the street

Old broken chest undergoing renovation

Finished chest of drawers with handles made from old leather belt

With lids and spoons glazed and sealed with skimmed milk

Pots found in street with lids made from fallen oak branch

Reclining nude with chair (Frame found in the street)

Water jug

Water jug

Water jug

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