Sublime Realities - Johanna De Maine & Tatsuya Tsutsui
April 4 to 26, 2020
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Johanna De Maine’s exceptional career continues to evolve as her life has. This exhibition is in conjunction with Tatsuya Tsutsui, a Japanese Master Potter who, through delightful happenstance, is now Johanna’s partner in life as well as in ceramics. The pieces are naturally influenced by their time being split between Landsborough & Arita.
There are some collaborative works, but the individual vessels show the incredible skills of each artist. Both use porcelain as their base & frequently Celadon as a truly sublime glaze, but then, personal expression takes flight. Johanna’s passion for ceramics started 50 years ago to now having a world-class standing. Johanna is renowned for having pieces held in major collections from the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra to the San Bao Ceramic Art Institute & Porcelain Museum in Jingdezhen, China and being presented to HM The Queen & gifted to Crown Prince Frederik & Princess Mary of Denmark. Professionally, Johanna is now further pursuing creating her own decals. These have a fascinating meld of her heart-felt depictions of the Glasshouse Mountains & regional fauna with more recent impressions of Oriental life from cranes to cherry blossom. Perfecting her techniques to transfer personal photographs & designs onto her beautifully thrown ‘canvasses’, this collection clearly demonstrates the evolution of a major artist. Tatsuya Tsutsui has been an established & admired Arita potter for over 40 years. His modest nature is apparent in his works, which have a captivatingly quiet strength. These engaging forms of sheer elegance are often enhanced by a signature series called “Harmony of Rings” which subtly & simply entwines two circles in a powerful comment about the circle of life & connections. Over the past year the couple have refined cross-cultural, joint works under the appellation “Kayabuki Kobo”. These pieces cleverly bring domestic items from cups & bowls to Sake sets into artworks for everyday. |
Works by Johanna De Maine
One Song at a Time - Johanna De Maine - Porcelain, Lustres, Gold, Enamel, Decals - 12cm high
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Hansha - Porcelain, Lustres, Gold, Emanel, Decals - 12cm high
Works by Tatsua Tsutsui
Tree & Boat - Tatsuya Tsutsui - Porcelain, Lustres - ??cm high
Lotus - Tatsuya Tsutsui - Porcelain - ??cm high
Mizusachi - Tatsuya Tsutsui - Porcelain - ??cm high
Kayabuki Kobo - a collaboration by Johanna De Maine & Tatsuya Tsutsui
KAYABUKI KOBO
Johanna De Maine and Tatsuya Tsutsui met when Johanna undertook a residency in Arita, Kyushu, Japan in November 2017. They became good friends with very similar interests and later formed a relationship when Johanna returned to Arita to prepare for a workshop late April 2018.
Both are highly talented individual artists but were drawn together to collaborate on a new brand “Kayabuki Kobo” while still keeping their own identities. They have set up a new studio in Kasegawa, Kyushu where they live when in Japan. The studio is based at the 300 year old Tsutsui family home. This traditional Samurai house has a thatched roof. This inspired the name for the new brand. “Kayabuki Kobo” means “Thatched roof studio”.
Johanna De Maine and Tatsuya Tsutsui met when Johanna undertook a residency in Arita, Kyushu, Japan in November 2017. They became good friends with very similar interests and later formed a relationship when Johanna returned to Arita to prepare for a workshop late April 2018.
Both are highly talented individual artists but were drawn together to collaborate on a new brand “Kayabuki Kobo” while still keeping their own identities. They have set up a new studio in Kasegawa, Kyushu where they live when in Japan. The studio is based at the 300 year old Tsutsui family home. This traditional Samurai house has a thatched roof. This inspired the name for the new brand. “Kayabuki Kobo” means “Thatched roof studio”.
Tsuru - Kayabuki Kobo - Johanna De Maine & Tatsuya Tsutsui - 8cm high
