Flower Vase

scribing on semi-wet clay with grog can really

ware out the point on a stainless steel nail.

Carved Tea Cups

a simple round foot just won`t work for me.

Tea Cup Stamp

Tiger has turned into the studio boss making

sure I`m doing things right and while at the

same time keeping my neck warm.

Left Hand/Right Brain II

another fun day of scribing on clay.

The First Week in Clay

of my fall session has begin and look what I found,

party plates, trays and bowls enjoying the Nov. sun.

Left Hand/Right Brain

together in the studio scribing on clay.

Shibuya Umbrellas

out in front of Shibuya station on a rainy day.

xenovision & hoppy

@ Le Deco Gallery in Shibuya, Tokyo.

2009 FALL STUDIO SESSION BEGINS

yesterday, I started my next adventure in clay,

behind me is the first batch of 415kg of raw clay

that I will create my next series of ceramic art with.

Mr. RADIO-The Real ICHIRO!

This evening while on top of Mt. Tsukuba, I met this very interesting

man who`s name is Ichiro Okamura. Ichiro-san holds a Master license

of Japanese Amateur Radio (1.9MHz-77GHz), which allows him to talk

to the very few others with a very narrow beam of micro-wave radio. He

also owns many other types of radio communication equipment along

with assortment of radio antennas that is jammed packed in his car.

TOIZUMI, MISS TARA, & Moi

Flower Artist- Toizumi (Toi-chun), came out to see

me at my studio in Yasato to discuss our exhibition

together in March 9th~14th, 2010 in Shibuya, Tokyo.

cogito, ergo sum

SCARECROW in a RICE FIELD

It worked, all the crows flew a way!

My 43rd Revolution Party!

I have now been takin` around our great sun 43 times!

a dinner party w/Moi & Moet, Yoshimi and Captain John.

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis!

"Art is Long, Life is Short"

Maikawa-san passed away on Oct. 19th.,

a sculptor & friend of mine for many years.

He was so kind too me & I miss him dearly!

ART COCKTAIL PARTY

having another good time with Mr. INTENSE/Seizo Terazaki,

INTENSE studio ass. Kato-kun, Hitomi, Prof. UNO, ??, ??, ??

Sunset In My Beer!

Sunshine setting in my beer, good to the last drop!

moi, toi, and sachiko having a nice large sapporo

beer & coffee in Ebisu, Tokyo. (photo by our waiter)

Working Like a Dog!

gold-n-gold, more kuri-bakos painted.

Miss Tara makes works me like a dog!

3 Isei Ebi from Kyushu

These "Japanese Spiny Lobsters", fresh and alive were

flown to me for tonight`s dinner with garlic & butter!

maestro-Hoppy KAMIYAMA

Last week a friend, Hoppy Kamiyama who is a very gifted musician
with over 200 CD to his name sent me other one of his many CDs.

 and then yesterday, his latest came in the mail too!

check out Hoppy`s HP-  http://www.k-mania.com 

both CDs are excellent vibrations-Thanks  H O P P Y !

Masami Endo+CHAUTARI

live outdoor performance 9/26 at Mashiko`s Hijisai event

(http://www.hijisai.net)

Masami Endo

Mr.Endz       &       Mr.Mojo

beaux yeux

Oba-chun has MOJO, beautifully Aged-84 spins!

mirabilia visu

wonderful to behold the beautifully small.
( click here to see small )

BEYOND XENOVISION

alive in Yasato, Japan.

New Kuri-Bakos

finishing painting up some more Kuri-Bako (wooden 
boxes) to contain my ceramics for a private collector.

Ceramic Artist- Mansaku Nakao

My friend Mansaku from Osaka, came up to visit me
after his ceramics exhibition in Ginza, Tokyo ended.

Ceramics Artist- Ito Motohiko

a kind and very humble man well know for his
painting of flowers on his ceramics.  see his art at-

http://tousou-rakuen.com/motohiko/ 

fine young cannibals

(l~r: dusty, Paul, Paige, Pia, & I)

The Painted Desert

the colorful petrified forest/painted desert of arizona.

M O T H E R

we have not seen each other in 17 years!
(photo by: dusty)

San Onofre Full Moon

*under a bright August full moon 1am., on the dangerous cliffs above San Onofre Beach, California. (the bright light in the background is San Onofre Nuclear Power Generation Station).

off island

PAINTED, SIGNED,STAMPED & DELIVERED!

FINISHED!

Paintin` de Kuri-Bakos!

Last week, Nihei-san brought over to my studio 54 handmade wooden

for me to paint & sign.  These boxes will contain my high-fired ceramics

that will be added to his growing private collection of my ceramic art.

Thanks for your kind support Nihei!

More boxes 4 Nihei

dustin`s off the island

a facial mud pack of fine kyoto porcelain.

Dustin`s plane after take off heading east.

DUSTY`S WORLD

www.human-dusty.com

the SKULLS of dusty

in the studio & having fun.

making skulls in japan.

1,000 year old cherry tree.

this tree at night or day is a sight to see in fukushima, miharu)

all these trees are lit up only for 3 nights every 10 years.

welcome dusty!

my good friend dusty from the states has arrived in japan.

it`so great to hang out with dusty again, it`s been 7 years.

A Toast to Spring!

drinking a fine wine with good friends under a most beautiful cherry 

tree with no other people and no blue sheets. this was a very private 

place surrounded by nature, wild pheasants squawking and running 

about with cherry flower petals falling upon us and in our wine glasses.

clay-scribe

just one of the things I do.

B O O M !

 and the visions appear.

back in the studio

my winter break of 3 months from clay is over, now back in the

studio pushing some soft warm mud into a new spring series.

yasato sunset

seen from the top of mt. wagakuni over looking the valley 

of  yasato where I live, mt. tsukuba in the background.

tokyo friends

endi, reiko, x, & hiroko (akasaka).

sakano, (friend), CACO, & x (harajuku).

roger, (friend), & x (shibuya).

Sweet Plum Boom

HIKARI+KURIMONO

Shine Your Light & Catch Your Dreams!

Today, I give a 45 min. talk & dvd presentation to over 350 Jr. High
students and 150+ parents at Yasato`s Kakioka Jr. high school.

My talk was titled, "Shine Your Light Bright & Catch Your Dreams!"
& it was a FREAKIN`BLAST!!!

I printed up these cards w/this photo of chromatic light beings on the front & on the back a few choice sayings which have stuck in my mind. These were past out to all of the students which attended. (Japanese & English text below)

自分の光をもっと輝かせて、夢をつかもう!

周囲と自分がどこか噛み合わないと感じることはないかな？　
自分は周囲に適応出来ない人間だと感じることはないかな？
もし、そんな事があっても、少しも恐れることはない。
本当に怖いものとは、
僕たちは計り知れないほどパワフルだ!
ということなんだ.
そのパワーは神様がくれた贈り物。
僕たちに与えられた可能性の光。
だから、自分を出さない方が無難、と考えるのはもうやめよう。
周りを気にしてこじんまりしてしまうのはもったいないから。
それでは世界を縮めるばかりで、ちっとも良くしていけない。
誰でも小さな子どものように、きらきら輝くように生まれついているんだよ。
輝けるのは選ばれた人だけだと思うかな？　
そんなことはない、僕たち全ての人の中にその強い光は在る。
恐れずに自分自身の光のパワーを、どんどん放出し、思いっきり輝いて！
そうしたら、いつのまにか他の人も輝きだしているよ。
君たちには、他の人の縮こまっていた光を解放させてしまうほど、強い力があるんだよ。

君という人
世界でいちばん大切な人は自分、でも、それが自分であると気づくのはとても難しい。

ゴールデンルール
人が自分にしてほしいと思う事を人にしよう。

ぐずぐず、だらだら病は、君のいちばんの敵。


Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
Your playing small does not serve the world there is nothing
enlightened about shrinking so that other people won`t feel
insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children do.
It is not just in some of us, It is in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do
the same, as we are liberated from our own fear. Our presence
automatically liberates others.

by Marianne Williamson

Hot Spring Soak

on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

a hot soak in the setting sun,

natural mineral salts.

Across the Kanto Plains

from Mt. Tsukuba on a clear day you can see Mt. Fuji and

the buildings of Tokyo in the far background, foreground
city is called Tsukuba (The Science City).

Shine Your LIGHT!

blazing budha

flowers for you

Shinning Stars Spark!

Mr. Kameda & Mrs. Kameda, me & Yoshimi out at
Kamahei-Sushi in Mashiko, Japan

Mt. Fuji seen from Mashiko!

heading home from Mashiko, Mt. Fuji was there to greet me.

Yamani`s Sacho & Hoshoshima-san caught cutting up a whole lot of mochi!

M e r r y...X-M a s...P l a n e t...E a r t h !

Yukie, Harvey, me, Yoshimi, David, & Joyce at
Yoshimi`s Christmas dinner party.

Mochi beatin` in Mashiko

Yamani Otsuka`s Sacho getting down on beatin`rice.

Makin`Mochi, this batch is with split beans & seaweed.

What`s Cookin`@Yamani

Yamani Otsuka`s "Gallery Midori" is hot in Mashiko.

My favorite sponsor- Ms. Ichi Oku Yen!

xenovision supporters

B-kuri dumburi found a happy home to go to, thanks!!!

Soeta-san (gallery curator), Main sponor & ceramics collector
Mr. Hirosawa, 74yrs. old and has come to our exhibit everday +
the day of the set up and Mrs. Kato (gallery manager).

Mr. & Mrs. Shibata with daughter and staff (thank you!).

Nice couple & happy supporters of xenovision. (domo!)

(l~r) Gallery Midori`s manager Mrs. Kato, client Mr. Machida,

me w/a gift special sake, Douglas, & Andrew. (arigato!)

Mashiko`s suave`Harvey Young aka: Uncle Fester dropped on by,
check out his ceramics at-http://www.harveyyoungpottery.com/

Graphic Designer, photographer, & Farmer from Office 1420.

30 SPINS TOGETHER!!!

they feel in love with this "b-kuri~kao-zala" (surprised face plate).

KOMPAI~ The TOAST !!!

the opening party at Gallery Midori, Mashiko, Japan.
(Thank You Everyone!)

Coming up next...

Our second exhibition for 2008 at Gallery Midori in Mashiko.
Gallery`s website http://www.yamani-otsuka.co.jp (Japanese only)

ready to glaze

Bisque ware drying in the sun after being sanded & washed.

Next, they will be glazed and fired just in time for my ceramics
exhibition coming up (Dec. 6~28) at Gallery Midori in Mashiko.

what`s going on here...

these faces just came out!

Tea Bowls or Macha-O-Le?

Let there be Light!

setting fire for a fall bisque.

Found Artifacts

found artifacts from my fall expedition.

Seed Saver Iwasaki-san

promotional card for Seed Saver Iwasaki-san.

(photos & design: xenovision/pebble studio)

A Letter from Michiko

This came to me in the mail the other day-
thanks Michiko!

Seed Pods from Space

4 months have passed since I have touched clay, now I`ve started
my fall session continuing my vase series, "Seed Pods from Space".

These vases will be slipped with porcelain from Kyoto
then drawn upon and multi-fired.

"Seed Pods from Space" vase series, fall 2008.

Beautifully Small

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS ϑ
(sacred visions off starboard)

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS ζ
(malediction~perfection, edit your own reality)

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS ψ
(he dreams of waking up)

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS Ω
(inscribed light shines, mind`s eye sees)

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS ν
(fulminate fugitive, the frozen fool)

POLYUNSATURATED METAMORPHOSIS
(seedtime iteration, a phoenix is born)

Miss TARA @ Taiyo-mura beach.

14? years and she`s still catching waves! 

Kuribakos Delievered

with Nihei-san & his private collection of my ceramics
& their kiribako wooden boxes, Mashiko, Japan.

signing and honko stamping the kuribakos, Mashiko, Japan.

Kuri-Bako for Nihei-san.

xenovision`s latest Kuri-Bako painting series for Nihei-san.

Kiri-bako from Kyushu are custom handmand for my ceramics pieces to be kept in.

"alien spirits"

"Alien Spirits" exhibition

The White-Gallery" of Kagoshima, Japan presents an exhibition by Christopher M. Gaston showing his latest creations of illuminated sculptures. Plasma cut steel, stainless, and high fired ceramics illumitaed with neon and LED lighting systems, on exhibit from June 14th ~ July 3rd, 2008.