objects  

Most of these objects once lived with our ancestors. They awarded elegance and joy whenever our ancestors touched them and used them.  Many of them are still used today, especially at tea events.  Look at the hi-ire -- the small vessel whose only purpose is to hold some ash and a tiny charcoal from which waiting guests light their pipe before being invited inside the tea room -- see the obsessive - compulsive blue decor running all around it. Once removed from its traditional and functional setting, the object stand up on its own.  Beyond the humble charcoal holding pot, I see beauty.