cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

[Seeker]

Well said ClareA!

[bonjiri]

ok I have been drinking gyokuro all day and contemplating my beautiful chawan... What is so remarkable about it is that I can feel your hands as I hold it. Each discipline of art has a unique way of communicating with the viewer.. wheel thrown pottery, when done right, i think should express the hands of the potter. So that by holding the piece, one for a moment, has a physical connection to that artist, their physical being. Holding your chawan is like shaking your hand, and somehow you being able to focus my mind onto some beautiful idea you have created. It is absolutely fabolous and I treasure it!

clare

wow

very profound and true ! wonderful !

thank you kindly !

its difficult to put into words all the energies on many levels that go into a matcha jawan.

the balance which is difficult to show in a photograph is also paramount.

the most amazing time i have when i travel to japan is first enjoying matcha every morning and secondly, attending some department store exhibitions and having the chance to grasp and hold the various cha dogu from different artists. 5-6 weeks ago i went to a show by harada shuroku, from bizen who had a huge show at Nihonbashi no Mitsukoshi. amazing ! i took off my watch and ring and was able to grasp every matcha jawan harada san had on display. amazing.

cheers clare !

thank you kindly !
cory

[clareandromeda]

together at last:

[bonjiri]

wow

thanks clare !

wonderful !

haha ! LOL !

here's a new video !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_MLs7AJAOg

[Seeker]

Love the new video.

Love watching you throw Cory!

Mesmerizing.

Been wondering about double walled chawan.

Peace.

[Geekgirl]

Fantastic video! I said "NOOOOO!" when you cut it in half. But it was very cool to see the inside.

[Seeker]

Oh that's funny - I did too - Nooooo! OMG!
After all that careful work.
And I was imagining the carving.

[bonjiri]

GG. mahalo ! hehe ! nooo! this is the best way to learn. the clay was a bit soft as i prefer a stiffer clay when throwing larger and complex forms. yyy, i need to put together a video from beginning to end. doublewalled porcelain matcha jawan (chawan).

seeker. mahalo ! thank yoU !

today i'll continue loading a kiln in the PM and then looking at firing on wednesdayAM and opening on saturday.





sharing a piece of inspiration! especially for the potters/artisans in this group.

i would love to share my volumes of inspirations and books that i have collected over the years. chip, how would u suggest i post this ? here ? it would be a place where the artisans can share ideas/glazes/forms/etc.

the piece above is in a clients collection. an amazing longschuan celadon vase about 6 inches high. i got to hold this before i photographed it for a catalog project. amazing celadon ! this piece is worth about 6 figures. hehe !

ALOHA

cory

[coloradopu]

nice new video!
just as i imagined it . except the wire thing. that always gets them.

[clareandromeda]

that video was cool! Next video should say mahalo at the end! It would be cool idea to have a piece and then a video of it being made..kinda like baby photos... would be waaay to time consuming...

[Little pig]

Fantastic video! I said "NOOOOO!" when you cut it in half. But it was very cool to see the inside.

Hee hee! indeed. Having taught ..around 8 years in community pottery studio I have heard that chorus of "NOOOOOOO!" many times and I was just cutting a simple cylinder...so when I saw that wire come out. I could just hear the chorus--that anguished chorus of "NOOOOO!"

[chicagopotter]

I teach too, and LOVE to cut things in half in front of beginners. It's the best way to learn about your pot!

[bonjiri]

bizen is an amazing place. home of a dark, iron rich clay that when fired resembles bronze. masters like Kaneshige Toyo, isezaki Jun, kakurezaki ryuichi are from here.

here are some images that show the multi layers of culture. food, tea, flower arrangement, architecture and scroll paintings are all intertwined.



chimneys are everywhere in okayama. imbe



hidatsuki, 'fire cord' patterned tiles on the ground everywhere





handbuilt carp or koi . amazing !



an amazing sushi restaurant that each plate was different ! WOW ! i can see isezaki jun's large platters . wow ! priceless !



our lunch. scrumptious !



kaneshige toyo. rediscovered the processing of bizen clay, making kilns, and responsible for the momoyama renaissance. a master of 'saikumono' or ornamental figures.



kaneshige toyo's shobai dougu. his tools.

wanted to share some of my influences. so many, so little time. enjoy. i think this section is all about sharing. cheers, c

[Seeker]

Dear Cory,

I experience your generosity and generativity on this site as a most wonderful

and beneficial gift to, I imagine, us all, certainly to me. Thank you for sharing some

of the 'ancestry' of your art; it is somehow sweet that you would share your

particular and personal artisitic lineage. Such influences seem deep and broad to

me, perhaps even spiritual, certainly evolutionary -- and to share them belies, I

think, a particular kindness and goodwill that seems to be a part of you.

I thank you.

Mahalo.

I bow deeply.

Jim (seeker).

Peace.

[bonjiri]

deep bow

thanks jim

i'm on a short journey in terms of earth years.

to fully discover ceramics i'll need several lifetimes to study the different kinds of clay, several lifetimes to study colorants and glazing and lastly, many many more lifetimes to learn about the different processes of firings.

each workshop i attend and/or demonstrate/teach, i'm learning. most of all from students. the wild part, students are uninhibited, they will try combinations of glazes that i wouldn't have tried, they in turn teach me. amazing circle of learning.

honored to share as much as i can. please pick my brain. i'm learning and relearning all the time.

humbly greatful to be a part of this wonderful forum. kudos to tea chat !



jim, a photograph by chance.

one amazing thing in life is serendipity. magic. in ceramics and all the arts.

particularly in ceramics, there is, 'what you perceive and think may happen.' then you open the kiln. seredipity rules. the serendipitous adventure begins.

ichi go ichi e
carpe diem

aloha
cory