cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

[iheartea]

I have a post on the Green Tea page about heading to Kyoto on business/bit of pleasure. A member suggested that I ask you about places to visit as it sounds like you go there often. It would certainly be helpful in my planning process if you can recommend places I could visit related to green tea . . . tea gardens, places to indulge in tea & sweets, shops, places to eat, etc.

Thank you very much!

[clareandromeda]

is that the Guggenheim? looks like it to me.

[Seeker]

Yes, yes Cory!

Again, I bow.

'ichi go ichi e', 'serendipity'...

Both make me reflect on softening oneself and also vulnerability...

and the illusion of control, and the deeper movements when faced with

a "loss" of control.

And of course, this present moment, now.

Ahhh.

Peace.

[Seeker]

Oh, and...

a big +1 on Kudos to TeaChat

in providing this delightful and serendipitous forum!

[bonjiri]

jim. thank you !

clare. y, its a double exposure at the guggenheim (NYC). accidental w/ a film panoramic camera.




enjoyed tea today out of a new favorite ! a seiji (celadon) matcha jawan. i fired recently on shells, so there is cool marks on the koudai.

aloha !

[Geekgirl]

very lovely! in my ignorance, I always expect celadon to be green. It has been interesting to learn and see many other variations in color. I think the one that looks like a robin's egg is my favorite.

[shyrabbit]

Celadons can range from gray, to yellow, to pale green, to rich emerald green, to blue, to all shades of amber. If you add enough red iron oxide (10%) to a basic celadon glaze (which typically has about 2-3% RIO) you get a nice Tenmoku glaze.

Celadons will range from a soft satin matte finish to a very shiny surface. They will also range from a well fitting finished glaze (no crazing) to a highly crazed (ill fitting) but desirable surface.

I love celadons, particularly the fat buttery unctious ones.

Michael

[bonjiri]

there is a meister of celadons in japan
his name is okabe mineo. son of kato tokuro

an amazing artist. he had some celadons that had a crystalline structure. amazing. he had black celadon, dark green, light green, green blue, yellow/gold and even some black crystalline celadon that had red in the cracks. possibly multi fired.

i have a book from a show i saw at the craft museum in tokyo.

there was a major show there a while back.

below are koudai view of the celadon matcha jawan



koudai, footring view. notice that i handsign my pieces. i feel each piece is handmade, therefore i don't use a stamp.



the chinese character is 'Ling', 'Lam' or Lum. in japanese its 'hayashi' or two trees 林. sometimes writing in clay is difficult, i like the gesture of the form more than great penmanship.

i feel making 'matcha jawan' is the most challenging to make. calmness and sense of peace goes into the bowl. my mind needs to be free of earthly stresses. humbly, each 'jawan' needs to be like a breath. u don't think to breathe.

one of the most challenging forms too. fun.

i was doing some research about arakawa toyozo. to paraphrase arakawa, anybody can throw a bowl, you just keep your hands still and voila, bowl. the keypoint with a 'matcha jawan' is making the koudai (footring).

personally, i am very intrigued with the many kinds of koudai on 'matcha jawan'. so many. some are poetic and abstract, but bottom line, they function. i've seen 'innie' koudai that look like 'innie bellybuttons'. skies the limit, as long as it 'works'. koudai are gestural, when you make a footring, its much like calligraphy. if u tense up without the right pressure/balance, the koudai is tight and constricted.

i need to make more koudai and practice.

this particular koudai on the celadon (seiji) 'jawan' has a deceptively deep koudai, enough to hold with small hands or larger hands when emptying waste water into the kensui.

thanks !

[bonjiri]

Yes, yes Cory!

Again, I bow.

'ichi go ichi e', 'serendipity'...

Both make me reflect on softening oneself and also vulnerability...

and the illusion of control, and the deeper movements when faced with

a "loss" of control.

And of course, this present moment, now.

Ahhh.

Peace.

seeker

thanks.

ichi go, ichi e

one time, one meeting. once in a lifetime.

cheers

[bonjiri]

some interesting pieces i like




uneven rim matcha jawan

[bonjiri]

koudai view of yunomi. height 3.00 inches x width 2.50 inches




shomen view. shino

i made a mistake on the height. its corrected now. i feel its the 'polite' size for yunomi

aloha !

[Seeker]

Oh Cory! That yunomi is awesome!!
How wide?
Love it!!!

[coloradopu]

nice stuff man
keep it up

[chamekke]

personally, i am very intrigued with the many kinds of koudai on 'matcha jawan'. so many. some are poetic and abstract, but bottom line, they function. i've seen 'innie' koudai that look like 'innie bellybuttons'. skies the limit, as long as it 'works'. koudai are gestural, when you make a footring, its much like calligraphy. if u tense up without the right pressure/balance, the koudai is tight and constricted.

i need to make more koudai and practice.

I love your koudai. It's always a pleasure to look at them. The one on your chawan above is a beauty!

[bonjiri]

personally, i am very intrigued with the many kinds of koudai on 'matcha jawan'. so many. some are poetic and abstract, but bottom line, they function. i've seen 'innie' koudai that look like 'innie bellybuttons'. skies the limit, as long as it 'works'. koudai are gestural, when you make a footring, its much like calligraphy. if u tense up without the right pressure/balance, the koudai is tight and constricted.

i need to make more koudai and practice.

I love your koudai. It's always a pleasure to look at them. The one on your chawan above is a beauty!

chamekke

thanks for your kind words

i'm back to the drawing board, practicing, making more .

fluidity and a relaxed form is my goal

aloha

cory