Still shot from Video by Kim Mosley
VIDEO
CHAWAN, tea bowl, with ceramicist Linda Mosley
Japan House Shares, Video Series, premiered Dec 6, 2020
“In 1969, University of Illinois Fine and Applied Arts Student, Linda Mosley, was chosen as “Craftsman of the Year” for her artistry in ceramics. Drawn to Japanese pottery and inspired by a Japanese Arts class with then Professor Shozo Sato, Linda has gone on to first teach and then to create beautiful one-of-a-kind objects that are often used in chanoyu, Japanese tea ceremony. In 1983, Linda’s journey with these objects became much more personal as she began to study Chado, the Way of Tea, under Minnie Kubose sensei in Chicago and then Sheila Fling sensei in Texas. Through each lesson, she better understood the role of each object as a combination of utensils to create a unique experience each time for the participant.
Linda is currently a full-time ceramicist, as well as a Third Degree Urasenke Chado instructor in Austin, Texas, where she combines her artistry and passion for both teaching and tea ceremony through her work. Watch as Linda creates a chawan, or tea bowl, precisely shaped and sized for whisking the perfect bowl of matcha. You will be awed at her gentle, yet assured approach which makes working with clay look effortless. She is surely a master of her craft, and this presentation will give you a condensed insider look into the long, thoughtful process of making one of her bowls.”
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