Japanese Pottery Centers affected by the Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear disasters.

» Global Ceramics Community Comes Together for Japan
There are links on this site for organizations that are geared to help Japanese artisans/crafts people affected by the triple disasters that befell that country. This really put a face on the tragedy for me. God speed...

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Chawan & Shino experimentation

This is a hand-built Chawan I started tonight. It's been a rough few days of throwing on the wheel...just haven't been able to assimilate my recent lesson with Chea into my process...so I decided I needed a pick me up and a break. Hence the hand-building...I've also been hard on the case of tracking down, mixing and experimenting with various "traditional" shino recipes...so far I have a 100% failure rate for getting what I'm shooting for but it is fun having to be a detective.

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37 second bowl by ceramic artist: Chea Peng

This is my teacher Chea Peng giving me a lesson...wow! This is my goal! Gotta keep practicing!

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Mizuashi #2 and recently bisque fired work...

Here are a few pics of some recent work...a Mizuashi is a fresh water container for the tea ceremony. Included are also a few thrown and hand-built chawan (tea bowls) and a few vases.

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The first batch...finally!

Here is the first batch of glazed pieces...plenty more to come.

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Eye for an eye...tooth for a tooth...

This is my first new gallery piece in quite a long while...many more to come.

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