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hi,
small holidays and testing winter, skiing, shu/sheng puerh and my infuser cup in one:)
Greetings
best
andrzej


ps
not Aspen or Les Trois Vallees;) but beautiful mountains on Poland/Slovakia border
sample from just opend shop of my friends
http://www.fivestartea.com/en_US/p/1995 ... -Pu-erh/34

I started to think about my a "close to hagi" glaze. You can see my first step in this direction. I know here on TC a lot of hagi experts/lovers.
I am curious what do you think.
best
andrzej

Don't know enough Hagi tradition to make a judgement about the Hagi-ness, but that is a lovely effect with depth to ponder while drinking tea.

Likewise, I am far from an expert. BUT really beautiful effect!

It is a practice for a black or other color layer beneath the final layer in Hagi. This helps/allows the glaze to move and creates contrast and depth.

Often this requires 2 or three firings as layers are applied to create effects. The Ice Split for instance required 3 firings for 3 layers, but the final effect is amazing, though not easy to pull off.

debunix wrote:Don't know enough Hagi tradition to make a judgement about the Hagi-ness, but that is a lovely effect with depth to ponder while drinking tea.

Debunix thanks for your very encouraging post. If I will end far from "hagiyaki" but with something nice matching for tea I will be happy too.

Chip wrote:Likewise, I am far from an expert. BUT really beautiful effect!

It is a practice for a black or other color layer beneath the final layer in Hagi. This helps/allows the glaze to move and creates contrast and depth.

Often this requires 2 or three firings as layers are applied to create effects. The Ice Split for instance required 3 firings for 3 layers, but the final effect is amazing, though not easy to pull off.

Thanks for you encouraging but also informative post Chip. I did not know about multifirings technic for hagi.

best
andrzej

... Though I would not say these multi firings are common in Hagi, they do occur.

Chip wrote:... Though I would not say these multi firings are common in Hagi, they do occur.

sure, you didn't

btw black houhin from one of my last firing
best
andrzej

news from the kiln
http://aneybo.blogspot.com/2012/03/nowosci-z-pieca.html

sorry but I could not upload pics directly here.
saluto,
andrzej

The first teapot is wonderful! Congratulations.

Morning sun in morning darjeeling tea...

Petr,
Thanks for a little "enlightenment" on my tread. Is that really my? I forgot I did not make only whitish in the inside:)
Nice you like my teapot. I like wild nature of clay of all items. It is a mix of different, very grogy clays and one of them (taken from sewage pipe factory!) gives black spots.
best
andrzej

andrzej,

That "close to Hagi" glaze of yours is looking like a good start.

best,

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

JBaymore wrote:That "close to Hagi" glaze of yours is looking like a good start.

John, thank you very much, but since that time I am still in the same position. I wanted to make it more "shrinking" and singlefired - but result was more even:) I will need more theoretical research but now I have to prepare for some coming fairs;)

best
andrzej

edit: one letter:)

Some fairs are coming in the end of March so I fast posted new pictures from unloded kiln.
http://aneybo.blogspot.com/2012/03/nowo ... alszy.html
thanks for your visit:)

And Now for Something Completely Different ... texture of a teapot

... and a teapot itself