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Shawn,
I would like to say thank you for being so nice and offering me the chance to have the pieces i created at a local art institute to ship off to you and get fired after they were bisque fired. They look amazing and really show off your excellent glazing and firing techniques, as I am sure if I glazed and fired them locally they would look no where near as nice.

Your very welcome Adam. I'm looking forward to seeing some action shots

Here's one for today, the form on this one is a touch different then most of the others as it tapers-in slightly toward the rim making the floor of the bowl 5" while the rim is 4.25". It's 3.5" tall and weighs 412 g

kodai

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I need to make more of these little roasters. So fun controlling and experimenting with your own level of roast. It can turn a stale sencha into a delight!

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Cool Halloween effect !

Another chawan from the firing. I LOVE woodfiring!!!

This one measures 5.25"w x 3.5"t and weighs 474g

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kodai

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GreenwoodStudio wrote:I need to make more of these little roasters. So fun controlling and experimenting with your own level of roast. It can turn a stale sencha into a delight!

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Please make more - this one sold the next day before I could make a decision. Darn Superstorm Sandy for taking my mind off teaware!

The unusual pieces from this firing did not so much appeal to me at first, but they realllly grew on me ... fast. A nice big box arrived from Greenwood a few days ago ... weee!

Photos to come ...

You have a nice collection of the new stuff Chip I'm glad your making friends with them

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Here's a nice chawan, freshly photographed

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GreenwoodStudio wrote:You have a nice collection of the new stuff Chip I'm glad your making friends with them

I'm offering a special discount for all you TeaChat folks for "Cyber Monday", now through mid-night tomorrow. 20% off all items in my shop when you use coupon code TEACHATTER when you check out. Thanks for all your support over the years

Took our time opening the new "preciouses." I purchased just about every size of the unusual ... hmmm, not sure what to even call these, I seem to get the feeling that they could lift off if rotated fast enough ... like a flying saucer thingee.

So, after "test flying" one, I can say these are really nice to look at, but the exagerated feetsies and the "ridge" make for really a nice cup to hold.

And Sencha tasted quite right and tasty in it. I will say this, after initial rinse in hot water, actually dipping and pouring a few times in a cooking pot full of pretty hot water, there was a pretty assertive clay aroma. So, I did soak it in the pot for just a bit which took care of this.

But two thumbs up on this unusual style from Shawn who likes to innovate.

Pictures to come ...

I'm picturing Chip in a tin-foil hat slurping sencha out of flying saucer cups right now

I notice the clay scent on the first few uses too. The clay I used for a good bit of my work this time was a different then my usual claybodies. It's really dense or something, I'm not actually sure how to describe the feel of it. I have a friend who uses it a good bit for sculpture (Check out his work here, which is uber-cool!! http://www.artaxis.org/ceramics/keena_s ... keena.html ) and he describes it as "having bones" That term seems to fit I think. I like the way it takes shino.

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