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Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 15:35
by GreenwoodStudio
Whoa, nice!

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 16:15
by AdamMY
Sweet it looks like Kiragi meets Tenmoku! I really wish the Internet allowed us to reach out and touch the items in pictures.... I really want to know what the surface of that chawan feels like.

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 19:05
by debunix
I bet it feels very soft.

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 3rd, '13, 22:34
by Saladin
Nice one John! Kuro-Hagi-Oribe?

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 5th, '13, 13:57
by andrzej bero
no matter how it is called - I love it.

... And John, your kodai as always is a story in itself.
Have a great exhibition on Taiwan!

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Feb 5th, '13, 16:09
by Chip
... imperfectly perfect. What I mean to say is perfect imperfection. :mrgreen: aka, what a beautiful Chawan, John!

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Mar 31st, '13, 12:11
by JBaymore
Thanks for the nice comments everyone. :D

best,

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

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 21st, '13, 19:35
by JBaymore
OK....... now for something completely different for this old wabi-cha woodfirer....... going for some "in your face" good ole' American flash.......

This American-style raku Chawan is headed off to the 2013 MunGyeong South Korea Chasabal (teabowl) Competition. 11.9 cm x 12.3 cm x 9 cm 440 grams. Formed by the traditional red-raku rough pinching and then carving technique.
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best,

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

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 21st, '13, 20:34
by Peacock
What does the winner get?

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 22nd, '13, 00:51
by futurebird
there's no glaze on that???

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 22nd, '13, 10:25
by JBaymore
Peacock wrote:What does the winner get?
First of all and most importantly, the honor of having people who really know something about teabowls (the judges in Korea....potters and tea people) let you know "ya' done good" :wink: .

Second...... the piece goes into the MunGyeong Ceramics Musuem's permenent collection.

Third........ a paid trip (airfare, lodging, meals, and other stuff) to South Korea for a week the following year. (And treated kinda' like royalty when there :wink: .)

I won the Silver Prize in the 2012 MunGyeong Chasabal Competition....... so was invited there again this year.... but I was invited to present two separate lectures at the Yixing Ceramic Art and Culture Festival in China and unfortunately the dates conflict. So I'll be in Yixing then.

I am HOPING that I'll get invited back NEXT year since I couldn't go this year. And also hoping that this teabowl "makes the cut".

best,

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

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 22nd, '13, 10:34
by JBaymore
futurebird wrote:there's no glaze on that???
Actually there is glaze on it. It is an American style raku piece ...so the exterior copper and cobalt bearing glaze in this case is heavily reduced.. .... which results in the purples, blues, reds, and copper lusters you see here. It is a dry matte to semi-matte surface. The guchi (lip) area is the glossiest part of the exterior surface. There are also some small grey to black areas of unglazed carbon-impregnated clay...and the kodai is unglazed.

Because it is intended for tea use, no toxic combustibles were used, and it is only lightly post-firing reduced. And I clean them well.

The interior is a clear semi-gloss glaze (for whisking purposes).

best,

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

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 22nd, '13, 11:25
by futurebird
It's really lovely. Thanks for explaining.

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 23rd, '13, 22:06
by Peacock
JBaymore wrote:
Peacock wrote:What does the winner get?
First of all and most importantly, the honor of having people who really know something about teabowls (the judges in Korea....potters and tea people) let you know "ya' done good" :wink:
That's what counts. :-D

Re: John Baymore ... Wood-fired Chadogu and Pottery

Posted: Apr 24th, '13, 16:55
by andrzej bero
Well said John, sometimes such support is more precious then gold.

Thanks for this example of functional weststyle raku, I like it very much.
Was it gas or wood raku kiln?

best
andrzej