June 7 - July 7, 2024

Extended to September 1

Opening Reception on Friday, June 7, 6 pm - 8 pm

No reservation required. Please join us! 

Pottery Talk by Judy Weddle

Friday, June 28, 6 - 7 pm

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Sunday, June 9, 11am / Sunday, June 23, 11 am

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at Setsugekka East Village

We cordially invite you to join us for a ceramic exhibition "The Touch of Black and White" by Judy Weddle, where black and white come alive in elegant forms, each piece a masterpiece of light and shadow. As you explore Judy's creations, immerse yourself in the serene ambiance of a Japanese tea ceremony led by Souheki Mori, a Japanese tea ceremony master.

Judy Weddle is ceramic artist based in New York City where she works at Greenwich House Pottery in the West Village. She grew up in Western Colorado in a part of the country where a confluence of the Rocky Mountains, fertile Colorado River valley and sunbaked desert landscape have inspired artists for centuries. As the daughter of a horticulturist, Judy had her hands in soil from a young age, but it took many years for that influence to find expression in clay. She had first contact with pottery as an art form as a teenager through her brother who studied with some of the West’s early experimenters in “American Raku.” Judy followed a more practical path, studying political science and philosophy, plus a little art, at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and receiving an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. She enjoyed a successful career in investment banking and executive search before becoming a potter.

Judy’s work in ceramics grew out of a life-long love of tea and a fascination with the unique history shared between tea and clay. It was to gain a deeper understanding of her own extensive tea ware collection that brought Judy to Greenwich House in 2017. What she thought would be one class quickly turned into a life passion. In 2018, she attended a workshop with Ken Matsuzaki, one of Japan’s most celebrated ceramic artists, and immediately felt the pull of the Japanese aesthetic that has inspired her work ever since. Judy traveled to Japan in 2019 with Jeff Shapiro where she was able to interact with some of the country’s most iconic master potters, among them Suzuki Goro, Shiro Tsujimura, Tomoo Hamada, LTN Jun Isezaki, Koichiro Isezaki, and Ryuichi Kakurezaki. Judy also studies Chanoyu, the Japanese Tea Ceremony, under the guidance of Souheki Mori of the Dai Nihon Chado Gakki (Japan Tea Ceremony Association), in order to imbue her own creations with a personal experience of the culture and special practices that embrace them.

Judy describes herself as a Teapotter, referring to the growing number of ceramic artists outside the traditional tea producing countries dedicated to making artisanal tea wares. The focus of her work is on creating specialized pottery for brewing and enjoying tea, with an emphasis on the unique equipage used in both Chinese and Japanese tea rituals. Judy believes there is a magical affinity between tea and the vessels involved in its preparation and in carrying it to the senses. She strives in her pottery to capture that affinity and thereby elevate the overall tea experience.

Experience the magic of "The Touch of Black and White"—an unforgettable fusion of artistry and culture that promises to enchant all who attend.

* In conjunction with her ceramic exhibition, we will hold a photography exhibition "Whispers of a Breeze" by Omar Aly.

Judy Weddle陶芸個展

イーストビレッジの雪月華で

NY在住のジュディ・ウェドル氏の陶芸個展「黒と白の感触」が6月7日から7月7日まで開催される。

オープニングレセプションは6月7日（金）午後6から8時まで開催される。ジュディの作品を存分に楽しめる陶芸トークが6月28日（金）午後6時から、茶会が6月9日（日）午前11時と6月23日（日）午前11時から開催される。ジュディのトークと森宗碧による茶会は座席に限りがあり事前予約が必要。