cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

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cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

by bonjiri » May 10th, '09, 00:23

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newest double walled, handcarved yunomi, teacup. summer, hot hot ! double walled vessel w/ keep fingers from getting burned.

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donating 100% sales of my etsy site to 100% to http://potters.blogspot.com/p/relief.html

http://photocorylum.wordpress.com/ updates via my blog on volunteering and visuals of destruction up in the tohoku area of japan.

the earthquake and tsunami was surreal
our family survived. our hearts and thoughts go out to the many families who lost loved ones and need to rebuild. japan has an amazing spirit of 'ganbaro'. much like a phoenix arising from the ashes.

humble thanks !
cory


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test pieces posted from most recent firing. thanks michael for the fish scale glaze recipes. thank you !

new video of large bowl throwing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QND6UoG5lTA

enjoying an interesting reread of Soetsu Yanagi, Bernard Leach's book "the unknown craftsman". highly recommended for any craftsperson or artist. especially teaware artisan. aloha !

new double wall bowl throwing demo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MLs7AJAOg


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new video by Danny Au on my throwing chawan techniques. beginning to new beginnings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f64J6C48ZSo

new video of platter being thrown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wld9iU2YD8s

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aloha all

trying to figure this new format out.

ok. breathing w/excitement

here are some of my mizusashi.

here is a mizusashi i made. fired on its side on sea shells

its a homage to the yabure bukuro, bursted pouch mizusashi at gotoh bijitsukan

aloha

the piece below Length 9-inches x 7-inches (widest point)

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another older piece i have w/ biddoro and applied keawe ash (cone 10 firing). fired on sea shells too. Dimensions 10-inches x 9-inches


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by Tead Off » May 10th, '09, 07:35

Cory, good to see you posting already on this part of the site. One of the things I really like about your work is the sense of style you have. There is a nice consistency throughout the shapes you create. I can feel you through the work.

A good idea is to put dimensions on these pieces so we can further visualize them on our tea tables!! Great to have you on here.

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thanks tead

by bonjiri » May 10th, '09, 12:23

tead

that is a wonderful idea !

dimensions. will do !

one very cool aspect about this kind of forum i the ability to have input/sharing of ideas. its like having 10,000 brains.

i appreciate your kind words.

mahalo !

cory

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by coloradopu » May 10th, '09, 13:00

bonjiri

love your work!! wish i had a gas or wood fire but i do elec. so glaze is the key.

hey how has Hawaii been the last 14 years. its been that long since i left. i lived there in makiki and Kaneohe for 6 years. great place but hi rent you know. don't miss driving for 3 hrs and winding up in the same place i started too.

when i left it was hard times for the locals taking over beaches and trucking in water. i heard they won the battle and got land. coooool.

i have no suggestions for you other than keep producing. keep putting stuff on the shelf.

But if you have any for me please post on my thread
:lol: :lol:

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aloha ! todays chawan. shino w/keshiki

by bonjiri » May 10th, '09, 13:55

whoa. today is sunday !

coloradopu. mahalo ! thanks ! i don't have a woodfire either. just some really cool friends who kindly offer to fire stuff for me. the kilns i have access to are cone 10 gas and soda kiln. i love soda ! wild stuff !

yay ! going down to unload a soda kiln to see what kinds of 'gifts' happened in the firing. wow ! serendipity rules here ! either you're happy or you're happy ! hehe !

please enjoy this sunday's chawan. happy mom's day ! actually, every day is mom's day !


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dimensions of shino chawan. height 4.5-inches x 3.5-inches

what makes this cool chawan even more cool. keshiki. u can see on the shomen, serendipity kicked in and gave us a half white/half red shomen. oxidation versus reduction. in the kiln, reduction is the lack of oxidation/more carbon monoxide/excess fuel, the metals in the clay body/glaze migrates to the surface of the body looking for oxygen and what we see is some of the metals on the surface. in this case, orange is iron. according to John Britt's book, "reduction atmosphere. atmosphere in a kiln where there is a deficiency in the oxygen necessary for complete combustion of the fuel."

one wild thing. not in this case but in 'e-shino' (picture shino). red iron oxide ( Fe2O3 ) changes to black iron oxide (FeO) by oxygen being ripped off during a reduction atmosphere. red iron oxide is stable, meanwhile the black iron oxide has more than 10 times the fluxing properties than red oxide. one makes glaze stiff, the other makes glazes run (flux). wild stuff happens in a 'reduction atmosphere' within the kiln.

aloha !

i didn't use a light tent. i 'm simple when it comes to lighting. less is more (mies van derohe). one key point, i tilted the flash towards the lens, causing a little darkening in the background (falloff) and a reflector in the front to 'kick back' light into the chawan. i used a single small hexagon shaped soft box with a small vivitar 283 flash within it. iso 100 f/8 at 1/125th second. canon 10d camera w/ nikkor 55/3.5 micro lens. lens has a nikon AI to Canon EF mount adapter .

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natsu chawan

by bonjiri » May 10th, '09, 14:14

natsu chawan


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fascinating emerald chadamari

dimensions. width 5.75-inches x 2.00-inches

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by Geekgirl » May 10th, '09, 14:33

This natsu chawan is absolutely stunning. Seems that so many of this shape are so delicate - this one is substantial. Nice difference. Of course, I saw the side view on your flickr, good balance, and I hope also to see the foot. :)

Love the shino above. The shino "one that got away," that I JUST missed purchasing from Reid O. last year was very orange, and very "orange peel" - highly textured exterior. So interesting. I don't usually regret not picking up teaware once the initial moment has passed, but that piece... ah well. Perhaps he'll be back at the Japanese Garden Showcase this year, and I'll have another chance.

I'm thinking soda and shino will be the next big craze here on teachat. :lol:

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my friend danny made a video of me throwing a teabowl

by bonjiri » May 10th, '09, 23:46

my friend danny made a video of me throwing a bowl

thanks !

cory

the firing came out wonderfully !

wow !
i'll post photographs soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUAtymBp7c

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by Chip » May 11th, '09, 13:19

Placed this here for Cory.

Very nice chawan!!!
bojiri wrote:matcha chawan for sale by cory LUm

each piece, one of a kind

here is a link. please PM me about transaction etc .

thank you !


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link below for price

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Re: aloha ! todays chawan. shino w/keshiki

by Mrs. Chip » May 11th, '09, 13:38

bonjiri wrote:i love soda ! wild stuff ! please enjoy this sunday's chawan. happy mom's day ! actually, every day is mom's day !

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Cory, what a most beautiful chawan :!:
Orange, all shades are my most favorite color, this one is absolutely stunning.
I will have to put one of your creations on my 'WishList'. 8)

I am happy to see that you are posting here... it is nice to be able to come here in your personal topic to see and read about everything that you are creating! I am looking forward to see more of your 'wild stuff' .:shock:

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keawe ash matcha chawan

by bonjiri » May 11th, '09, 13:39

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dimensions are W 5-inches x HEIGHT 3.75-inches

link here.

thanks !

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thank u ! mrs chip

by bonjiri » May 11th, '09, 13:42

mrs chip

mahalo !

thank you kindly for your words of encouragement and support

thank you too chip for your patience

MAHALO !

cory

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kiln view

by bonjiri » May 11th, '09, 13:47

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kiln view from yesterdays unloading. 3 chawan survived. the rest got destroyed

cheers

cory


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some guinomi too !


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Re: kiln view

by Geekgirl » May 11th, '09, 13:57

bonjiri wrote:
kiln view from yesterdays unloading. 3 chawan survived. the rest got destroyed

cheers

cory
a shame. What is the rate of loss from firing? Is this typical? I know certain types of ceramics are more vulnerable when firing, but never actually inquired as to how much is expected to be lost.

Or do you mean deliberately sanded? I know of a potter who, when he unloads a kiln, if he is not happy with the pieces, he takes a mallet to the rejects so they don't go out into the world bearing his name.

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Re: thank u ! mrs chip

by Mrs. Chip » May 11th, '09, 14:01

bonjiri wrote:mrs chip

mahalo !

thank you kindly for your words of encouragement and support

thank you too chip for your patience

MAHALO !

cory
Cory, you are quite welcome! Your awesome talent is a very welcomed addition to this forum! You are quite diversified w/your creations, I am looking forward with anticipation to see your next one!

I noticed in one of your posts that you fired one piece on a bed of shells. I love shells and found that quite interesting. 8) Do you do pieces with shells?

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