tree project

Cynthia Tisue with her husband Rita Burdette received Hibaku Sendan tree from Cynthia Tisue. What a profound moment.

Susannah Tisue and Michael Miritello with newly planted pots on May 12th at "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition in May at Greenwich House Pottery. Michael Miritello, Susannah Tisue, Diana Tisue and Cynthia Tisue

Shanna Fliegel Shida Kuo Sora Akiyoshi Susannah Tisue and Michael Miritello Amelia Hritz and Suzan Courtney Timothy Tucker Whittney Klann Yoshi Saito Young Mi Ham Yves Mervin-Leroy

The trees that still live from the time of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima are called Hibaku trees (A-bombed trees). Since 2006, from Dr. Riki Horiguchi, a tree doctor in Hiroshima, I have been receiving seedlings and seeds of Ginkgo, Cycas revolute, Round Leaf Holly, Persimmon, Chinaberry, Firmiana simplex, Japanese Hackberry, Jujube trees that are the second or third generation of the Hibaku trees. I am interested in giving Hibaku Persimmon seeds to the ones that are interested in planting and growing them. Thus, I am calling for ceramic artists to make his or her own ceramic pots to plant. Since persimmon plants will grow fruits, your pot with my seeds will be our collaboration piece for "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition curated by Michele Quan & Susannah Tisue in May at Greenwich House Pottery 16 Jones St. New York, NY 10014 Procedure: At the opening of "Eat Clay or Die" exhibition on Tue, May 12, I will be giving the Hibaku Persimmon seeds. After the exhib...