I made plans with Cynthia yesterday to go to the USO Baazar at Camp Foster. I was on a mission to find a paticular basket they'd had there in the past. Unfortunately the baazar was not so great this year and lacked vendors. Although I was disappointed I did happen to come across a paticual vendor that was selling Traditional Okinawa Pottery "Tsuboya-Yaki." The guys name is Ikuo Omiya and he began his career in ceramic art in 1978 and established his own studio in 1984. Since that time his work has been honored three times at the Okiten (the biggest art exhihition in Okinawa), and he has received three awards from Okinawa Kougei Kouboten (Okinawa Prefecture craft public advertisement exhibition). In addition Omiya has received multiple awards from Gendan Okinawa Tougeiten, the Okinawa Modern Ceramic Art Exhibition.
I have a set of ramen bowls I purchased several years ago but knew I wanted one nice size serving bowl to add to my collection. I was quite content with my purchase.
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