TeaChat

...BEEEAAAUUTIIFUL!
very nice

iannon wrote:Beauty....

Thanks iannon... you picked the perfect tea, the perfect photo angle, and the perfect side of the piece to integrate the tea and the yunomi into a synergy.

Enjoy!

best,

............john

boywoodhe wrote: ...BEEEAAAUUTIIFUL!
very nice

Thank you.

best,

........john

Nice shot!

OK... this is just for fun.... but I have to share it.

SAMURAI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yIWJla8 ... re=related

Remember here...... I know it is a terrible affliction.... but I happen to LIKE J-Pop music.

Working on the tsuka of my training katana. And another absurd but funny one........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=eUfbt6z1Ves


best,

............john

Just wanted to say I have been using my "Prize" cup just about daily..scratch that..i HAVE been using it every day for Yancha and Pu. I love this cup. It is very stain resistant it seems. hardly any coming on yet.
thanks again John!

iannon,

THANKS.... you made my day!

Glad you are enjoying it.

best,

..............john

john

cheers

thinking of you when i went into kuroda toen shibuya yesterday

what you working on ?

cheers

how's the firings going ? any recent pieces to share ?

happy holidays !

cory

Been busy as heck for the last Christmas season......... then it was getting ready for the start of the spring semester at the college I teach at ...... and then it was a totally unexpected hospitalization.

Just getting back to somewhat normal healthwise.

I'll get some new stuff up here shortly.

best,

................john

If you happen to be in the Nara, Japan area in April................
best,

.................john

Holy Mother of Sweet Looking Chawan!

Whoa, very cool.

very cool chawan !

WOWO !

inspirational !

Thanks iannon, Saladin, and Cory.

The bowl there is carved from a solid block (round exterior really) of clay. The solid chawan "blank" is carefully formed into the correct proportions and surface shape, then I impress the flower stamp into the exterior surface. Then let it air dry so that the exterior wall is kinda' stiff but the inside is still soft. Then I use a variety of tools to remove the interior clay and shape the interior. (Long slow process!) Last step is carving the kodai with a straight "knife" of split bamboo.

Apply Oribe glaze outside and a real Nuka glaze made from rice husk ash inside, and wood fire in the correct chamber in the noborigama (not too much reduction or fly ash).

There are other chawan I have in the show too. All with boxes, wrapping cloths, and "pedigree sheets".

best,

....................john

Wow, John, that is a very impressive chawan! You obviously used some very advanced techniques.