Tuesday, January 20, 2009

"Air and Simple Gifts", composed by John Williams

Yo-Yo Ma , Itzhak Perlman , Anthony McGill & Gabriela Montero at the Obama Inauguration

"Air and Simple Gifts", composed by John Williams

Yo-Yo Ma , Itzhak Perlman , Anthony McGill & Gabriela Montero at the Obama Inauguration

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Irabo Pots


These are all brushed on the bottom, dipped at the top with Hamada's Irabo glaze.


Hamada's Irabo
Wood Ash 4
Amakusa (Arita porcelain Stone) 1.5
Odo/Ocher 2


You can see the Mashiko Kaki liner in this one.


This is over Ko-shigaraki Hosome Clay
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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Yohen Pot Bottoms

All my unglazed pots are polished. These yohen pots fired in the firebox need the most work.

  1. First, I use a a stone (half a sharpening stone Sicarbide) Mostly on the foot, but for any big stuff on the pot
  2. Then I use coarser then fine sandpaper.
  3. then 3M green scrubbie wet.
  4. then a sheepskin buffer on my mixing drill
I learned this method during my apprenticeship at Shimaoka's. Traditionally, they used ricestraw instead of 3M pads, but they switched to the 3M pads. Also, they don't use a buffer, but instead, an appentice can polish a yohen pot for a full day with a cotton cloth. The buffer is my apprentice and it gets the job done in about 15 minutes.
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