NATURE IMITATING ART

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TEA SET

There are three more cups in this tea set.

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

Japan is a mess. Let this remind us of how vulnerable we are with all our gadgets. I hope it will make somebody think deeply about "clean" nuclear power.
I pray for the Japanese people who are suffering so much loss and distress.

Last night I painted this picture of Hokkaido, the dream island that I was close to visit, but shall never see, I think.
As a child I traveled the world via our two by four feet atlas from the eighteen nineties, and I still have a passion for maps - and for looking at earth from a jet!

First, here is a mug that I just got home from the display case at the studio:


Then, three drawings made these last days. Inspired by the documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat - "The Radiant Child" - I have tried a new approach to painting. I go at it with the same intent and enthusiasm as I did in my childhood. These maps are made from memory. Part of the inner city of Copenhagen, Sjælland, the island where I was born, and Southern Europe, the Mediterranian and Africa.

RUNES AGAIN

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DANCERS IN OAKLAND, CA

TWO STAGES

UNTITLED

TWO OF A SET OF FOUR

The first one came out like what I aimed for without really knowing. On the second and the rest of the bowls the glaze (Spotted Shino) did different things with shades of gray and brown.

FRIENDLY AFRICAN HAT

PERSIMMON

TODAY A RAINBOW

FINISHING

I knew that Act of Balance wasn't finished!

ACT OF BALANCE

FALL

The last of the trees shedding its leaves

I sold this cup and took a picture before it left me. I like this African inspired style and have several lined up for next kiln. It's going to take some time though, because the kiln was fired today.

I hung the tree of life on my wall.

SOLD

The pottery sale was a big success in spite of the weather - or maybe the cool and cloudy day was inviting people to go Christmas shopping instead of tempting them to the beach. Between 2 and 3 it started to rain heavily and it became a bit lonely for those who were set up outside under canopies. My friends, Leela and Tom, both came after I had packed up my stuff. That's the kind of people I know, I joked, but they came in handy to help me carry stuff to the car.

BEFORE THE SALE

Clay Creation is having a pottery sale in the parking lot on Sunday December 5.

THE LAST ROSE

FOLI "RHYTHM" THERE IS NO MOVEMENT WITHOUT RHYTHM, ORIGINAL VERSION

THE MANDALA OF THE TREE OF LIFE

INFATUATION

THE VISUALIZER

One of the most amazing works of electronic art that I know is the original Visualizer on iTunes. Within the limited scope of its elements, it succeeds in constantly renewing itself. It seems there is never twice the exact same image, and the elements keep creating new patterns depending on the music that is played or maybe new elements are added, for every time I watch, something is coming up that I never have seen before.
The Visualizer responds to the music and, as I listen to my music, the Visualizer takes me on a trip out in space among the stars or inside flames of fireworks or to glittering surfaces of water - on and on through shapes and patterns or just colors melting into each other.
There are two kinds of elements: the creative and the receptive – yang and yin. The creative elements are lines of light that vibrate with the music, while the patterns of the receptive elements hold the results of the creative energy for a while, until they fade away, as must all that is created.
It is really a metaphor for the whole of creation and it has an addictive quality in its relentless shifts. It is a temptation to stay on and see what the next development will be – and the next! It gives one some of the benefits of listening to live music because it engages the vision with the music and thereby intensifies the experience.

MORE CERAMICS

When I bicycle home from the studio I pass a car on whose windshield is written:
MY GOD IS REAL.

May this god - if he is real - protect us from his followers!

OPENING THE KILN

On the upper shelf, number two from left, you can see my gray teapot. Unfortunately the lid was stuck and in the attempt to unstick it I smashed the pot.

DETAILS FROM INDRA'S NET

ARTICHOKE FLOWER (THE MOVIE)

RARE FLOWERS

The artichoke flower is the bee's delight.

This cactus I have had for many years but this is the first flower.

Pomegranate, not so rare but one of my favorite flowers.

MINI PAINTING

BUMPER STICKER

FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE

My house mate Peter gave me some strips of expensive watercolor paper that he had cut up for a project that never got further. They work for writing runes!

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