Following a visit to Portland Japanese Garden to see its cherry blossoms at peak bloom and to explore its art exhibition, Earthen Elegance: The Ceramic Art of Bizen, writer and photographer Friderike Heuer wrote a lovely and in-depth article about her experience. Heuer concludes, “The garden, exhibitions and nature alike, once again, an interdependent source of inspiration. A benevolently reappearing sun agreed.” Read her entire article, which includes thoughts on the work of Karen Illman Miller, now on display in Natural Patterns: Katazome Stencil Dyeing.