Tokoname Kyusu by Yamada Yutaro in the Our Shop -> On an unusually warm November day in Japan, I visited Yamada Yutaro, a young rising star of kyusu teapot makers in the old pottery town of Tokoname. When Yamada-san graduated from college, he did not appear destined to be a potter as he went to…
Quilts by Sarah Nishura in our shop-> How cultures and designs inspire beyond time and borders is fascinating and eye-opening. Across the ages, early Greek artists were attracted by the ancient Egyptians, French impressionists were influenced by Japanese woodblock prints, and old Korean ceramics inspire today’s Japanese potters. So I was intrigued to hear that…
Ceramics by Shumpei Yamaki in our shop -> When I was 5 years old, a guest stayed at our little apartment in Japan. In the morning, my mother served the usual breakfast of grilled salted salmon with miso soup and rice. Seeing that the guest carefully removed the skin of the salmon and left it…
Ceramics by Hanako Nakazato will be available in our shop on August 15th at 6:00 am -> Did you eat ‘strawberry milk’ when you were growing up? It was huge in the 70s in Japan (along with mini-skirts and permed hair), and I begged my mother to buy us the ‘strawberry spoons’ that were perfectly…
On August 11th from 12:00 pm to 5 pm, Entoten Gallery in San Diego will have a grand opening event featuring white ceramics by Hanako Nakazato of Monohanako in Maine. I’m very happy to feature Hanako’s work at the opening of my gallery because when I was refinishing the texture of the gallery’s walls, I…
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Ceramics by Mitch Iburg will be available in our shop from 9:00 a.m. July 25th 2018 -> What sets the work of Minnesota potter Mitch Iburg apart from his contemporaries is a depth and intensity of effort that is profound but not immediately visible. While most potters begin their work by wedging their purchased clay…
The gallery is open on marked dates on the calendar. For other dates and times, please make and appointment by email and I’ll be happy to open the gallery for you. 4907 Morena Blvd. Ste 1402 San Diego, CA 92117 (Inside Rose Canyon Business Park, near Costco)
Check Opening Dates -> July 2018 is a super-exciting month for ENTOTEN because after 6 years of being an online gallery, I just moved into an office suite in San Diego for the first time with a small physical gallery and space to hold workshops. The new office is inside a business park next to…
Ontayaki in Entoten shop -> Read my first blog post about Onta -> On a dreary, rainy May day, I visited the remote pottery village of Onta in Kyushu for the second time as an interpreter for a pottery tour group organized by Bill Geisinger and Ben Horiuchi. It has been 5 years since I…
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