Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Monday, February 4, 2019
Thursday, January 31, 2019
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Sunday, April 22, 2018
sujigama
april brings the transition from the ro to the brazier in may and this year
chris is able to use the newly refined ro and kama
for sujigama.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
metal and laquer
john adds new copper and laquered wood details to the ro surround
which will accomodate the seasonal kama
Thursday, March 1, 2018
tsurigama
As the days get warmer, the kettle begins to make its journey from the sunken winter hearth back up to the summer brazier. About mid-March the Tsurigama, or hanging kettle is used. It is suspended from a chain attached to a hook in the ceiling. No gotoku or trivet is used. Extra large rings hold a bridge piece that is attached to the chain.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Friday, July 28, 2017
chop that wood, carry water
not only is the winter wood harvested, chopped and stacked,
it beautifully lines the path toward the outer tea garden.
neighbors and friends visit the garden often
and chris ezzel
brings guests to
practice tea ceremony throughout the seasons.
it is a very good thing.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Picturing Incarceration: The WWII Sketches and Paintings of Kango Takamura - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Picturing Incarceration: The WWII Sketches and Paintings of Kango Takamura - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment:
Photographs and moving images of World War II incarceration have helped keep memories of that era alive for decades. But since cameras were largely forbidden inside the camps, few images from the point of view of prisoners exist. Though not permitted to take photos, Kango Takamura documented his wartime experience at Santa Fe and, later, …
Photographs and moving images of World War II incarceration have helped keep memories of that era alive for decades. But since cameras were largely forbidden inside the camps, few images from the point of view of prisoners exist. Though not permitted to take photos, Kango Takamura documented his wartime experience at Santa Fe and, later, …
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Photo Essay: Exclusion Order No. 1, Bainbridge Island - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Photo Essay: Exclusion Order No. 1, Bainbridge Island - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment:
March 30, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington. The community of almost 300 was the second in the country targeted for eviction—after Terminal Island, where residents were given a mere 48 hours to pack up and move further inland—and the first taken directly to a concentration …
March 30, 2017 marks the 75th anniversary of the removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington. The community of almost 300 was the second in the country targeted for eviction—after Terminal Island, where residents were given a mere 48 hours to pack up and move further inland—and the first taken directly to a concentration …
Saturday, August 6, 2016
Monday, January 4, 2016
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Preparing for Late Summer Tea
The tea room had a late summer cleaning to prepare for
Tea Ceremony in the coming week.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Saturday, March 21, 2015
a new gate
the captain has been working all winter on the
surrounding fencing and gate
which will create a safe enclosure for
lola and her friends.
as with the rest of the garden and structures,
the fencing and gate are
fashioned with reclaimed wood
and hand wrought metal work.
it blends seamlessly to creating
an entrance to the
tea garden itself.
Sunday, January 11, 2015
hatsugama
初釜 Hatsugama, First tea ceremony of the new year.
This is our first opportunity to have tea with several old friends.
Larry, shakuhatchi maker, musician, and close friend
of our first Master, Paul Motoyoshi joins us for a bowl by candle light.
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Friday, October 31, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
gifts everlasting
"karen, she's a silver sun
you best walk her way and watch it shine.
watch her watch the morning come."
-james taylor
it's been 10 years since my friend karen left at age 43.
she was an urban girl who loved the mechanical. the wild and rustic.
working cutting horses and border collies
working cutting horses and border collies
she was an artist, a gifted master printmaker. painter.
a deep and sensitive thinker.
i remember one day i went to her studio apartment
on the edge of the wild ocean.
on the edge of the wild ocean.
she had her finches living free without a cage, building nests on the curtain rods.
murph was just a pup
and we walked with stride, maybe chase, her beloved borders.
and we walked with stride, maybe chase, her beloved borders.
how she would have loved zu and tull!
when i look out from my tree house, to the wild sea below
i am grateful that she loved me, too.
and as often as i admired her beautiful vision and accomplishments
she always asked me, with a twinkle in her beautiful eyes,
she always asked me, with a twinkle in her beautiful eyes,
'when will you do your art?'.
what a gift.
and i will.
Birds and Berries 1999
Leaping Horse I 2002
-Karen Tossavainan 1960 - 2004
kala art institute
cabrillo college art gallery
Monday, July 28, 2014
plant list
Tea Garden
Acer palmatum dissectum “Red Dragon” deep red with lace leaf
Asarum europaeum ‘Wild Ginger” evergreen waxy green heart shaped leaves
Asplenium scolopendrium “Hart’s Tongue Fern” broad leaf evergreen fern
Asplenium ebenoides “Dragontail Fern” evergreen fern
Brunnera macrophylla “Jack Frost” silver siberian bugloss, blue flowers
Carex dolichostachya “Kaga Nishiki” striped sedge
Carex conica “Snowline” textured sedge outlined in white
Carex flagellifera "Weeping Bronze Sedge"
Carex flagellifera "Weeping Bronze Sedge"
Cirtomium fortunei “Japanese Holly Fern” grey green fronds
Cordyline australis bronze red sword leaves, annual
Hakonechloa macra solid green grass
Helleborus “Black Diamond” maroon foliage, black flowers in January
Hosta “Abba Dabba Do” green leaves with golden margin, lavender flowers
Hosta “Reptilian” semi-cupped leaves with piecrust edge, lavender flowers
Hosta funkia “Sum and Substance” massive heart-shaped chartreuse leaves
Mitella halli native ground cover (located near Hotei)
Oxalis oregana "Redwood Sorrel"
Oxalis oregana "Redwood Sorrel"
Pleioblastus fortunei “Little Zebra” green and white striped bamboo
Polystichum setiferum “Congesta Cristata” evergreen fern
Polystitchum munitum native sword fern, leathery dark green fronds
Pyrrosia lingua “Variegata” green leaves with copper brown felty undersides
Sedum reflexum “Green Spruce” evergreen, spring yellow flowers
Tolmeia menzies ll ‘Taff’s Gold” PNW native variegated piggy back ground cover
Trillium sessile “Red Toad” motled foliage with red flower
Viola labradorica ‘Labrador” ground cover clumping dark purple-green leaves
Sunday, July 27, 2014
maturity
the mid summer garden is happy and healthy
as evidenced by the moles
wreaking havoc in the pathways.
the soil is beautiful and aerated. the plants and worms are thriving, too.
this year, we replaced a few plants and moved a couple more to
better habitat for sun exposure.
the hostas will need dividing, the ground covers trimmed back
and some native ferns need cleaning up.
it's perfect in that wonderful wabi sabi way.
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