On Saturday, I did my first oil kiln firing in the kiln from Mr.Sato. This is the motor with the flu. Here you can adjust the amount of oxygen, so the oil will burn well and to its fullest. When you see black smoke coming out of the chimney, you increase the air/oxygen. You al ... Continue Reading
Some results from the horsehair firing in an oil kiln. Tall s-line vase. A bowl plate. The colors of the ferric chloride developed well. A round little vase. “Cloudy sky” bowl plate. Square Vase. You clearly can see the smoke from the burning of the horsehair in ... Continue Reading
I checked out the Mishima technique with my new work from the Nippon Tougei Club in Tokyo. This style of pottery is named after a place in Japan that has nothing to do with its production: the Mishima style (slip inlay style). As far back as 1636, there was a certain calendar pu ... Continue Reading
Last Saturday, I went to a workshop from Masakazu Kusakabe-san at the Sacred Heart International School in Tokyo, where Steve Tootell is the head of Creative and Performing Arts. Steve has his own wonderful ceramic studio in the school and organizes all kinds of pottery workshop ... Continue Reading
These are 2 “Shino chawan” bowls I made at the Nippon Tougei Club in Tokyo. They have bowls for men, the big bowls and you have bowls for women, the smaller bowls. Then you have winter bowls, high and smaller, so, the “Matcha” tea will not cool that fast. ... Continue Reading
Finally, I succeed in downloading the pattern pictures made by the waves when they receed on the Zaimokuza beach in Kamakura. The sand is white and black colored and gives the most incredible glaze like patterns. Continue Reading
Last week, I went again to Mashiko to pick up some of my Anagama wood fired “Chawans” tea bowls, glazed with Lee Love’s glazes and fired in his Anagama. Three pictures of the same chawan. The foot. The bowl is made by “tebineri”, handpinching. Thi ... Continue Reading
Matsuzaki Ken is born in 1950 in Tokyo and graduated from the Fine Arts Ceramics Department at Tamegawa University in 1972. Directly after that, he apprenticed for five years with Shimaoka Tatsuzo. He established his own kiln, “YuShin (Playful Spirit)” in 1978. Matsu ... Continue Reading
Back again after a month. After NCECA my youngest son, Arjan, was home for springbreak and we celebrated his birthday. I prepared the taxes and the 3D show for the Gallery House. The show will run from May 30 – June 24 (www.galleryhouse2.com). I still have to update my webs ... Continue Reading
