Rudy and I share a love of Japanese design and how it reveals itself in their ceramics. He spent a while admiring the beautiful wares at Takashimaya and shared these pictures and videos with me.

My favorite piece above is the square plate with the river design. Wish we had a close-up! Sigh.

In the picture above, I especially like the top left abstracted flower design. Is that a daisy, do you suppose? I also like the middle right plate with the blue fruit on a tree branch.

This lovely young artist was demonstrating ceramic painting technique in the store while Rudy was there and the gregarious young man struck up a conversation with her and even took his picture with her! I love this guy!