......................................“In search of shibui”

............"Shibui’ a profound, quiet feeling suggesting depth, simplicity and purity. There is no exact English counterpart for the word. Nearest to it are ‘austere’, ‘subdued’ and ‘restrained’. To the Japanese, ‘shibui’ describes the beauty of inner illumination.
            It is this inner essence that I seek in my pottery, a process of the soul rather than a project for the intellect. It is the beauty that the viewer himself draws out of the piece more than an aesthetic imposed by the creator.