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Phil Rogers    1951 - 2020

This December 22nd, will be one year since the passing of Phil Rogers..

One of the great potters that brought so much to the modern world of pottery.

In the sense , he brought us closer in to the world of Japanese ceramics and pottery.

Since Phil's passing, I notice that most of his videos on Japanese pottery and his visits to the Mashiko shops and the works and world of Shoji Hamada, the Hamada Family, and, the Mingei Movement were removed from the internet.

I loved watching those videos over and over.

Thank You Phil Rogers..

You will be missed....  

I did have a chance to speak to Phil, and, I bought one of Shoji Hamada's  

H133  Pressed dishes..

    " These pressed dishes, influenced by English slip ware
hump molded dishes, were a form that Hamada produced
in various glazes and patterns.
  This example carries the broken straw motif in iron brush pattern.
A very typical and immediately recognizable work by Hamada, and,
very suitable as a first Hamada Shoji in a Collection "
                                                           - PHIL ROGERS

 I received this dish from Phil Rogers about two years ago..

Dish is 5 inches across.

Shoji Hamada's "Broken Sugarcane" Brush work is well recognized in the Mashiko/Mingei world.