Today, inspired by the 'Spirit' cups being celebrated, I took out my Seigan hagi and started shooting. It was hard to stop, as they are so amazing, closer and closer with the camera, playing with flash, window light, and filtered sunlight.
Eventually I ended up with two sets of images on my flickr,
one for the Seigan blue and
one for the Sansai terbineri.
The Seigan blue is very dramatic
and the glaze has translucency in areas almost as ethereal as the 'Spirit' cups
and I'm just a sucker for swirly gorgeous variegated colors
and the clay foot just feels powerful with the embedded larger gravels
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The Sansai is more subtle
with different moods on different sides
A vast white interior, with abundant crackles
Clay peeking through at the rim
And again, that very powerful-looking clay at the foot
