cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

[Geekgirl]

a pair of chalices

around 9-inches high

complete w/ rattles on the bottom.

shake the chalice when you need a refill !

LOL! that would be a dangerous feature for me!

[bonjiri]

todays tea

outside is pouring rain. celadon matcha chawan w/kama

i put a small light inside the kama (steel pot) to make like there was a fire.

enjoy !

[Seeker]

Oooo - pretty.

[bonjiri]

greetings all !

fun, rattle chalice

on the bottom is a sealed chamber w/ clay balls. assembled .
cone 10 soda fired.

i love making functional pieces w/ rattles.

cheers, enjoy
cory

[bonjiri]

my tea sensei in action !
shino chawan

her chashitsu

[Robert Fornell]

Glad you could see the show Cory........... Handeishi-san is one of my favorites!

Interesting to note is his re-creation of the famous Iga mizusashi "Yabure bukuro", second photo from top. It highlights a difference between east and west as in the east one acceptable way of learning is to try and re-create, which is in a sense paying homage to, famous works from the past while in the west that is generally frowned upon.......

http://www2.sogo-gogo.com/common/museum ... index.html

Best,
R

[bonjiri]

Glad you could see the show Cory........... Handeishi-san is one of my favorites!

Interesting to note is his re-creation of the famous Iga mizusashi "Yabure bukuro", second photo from top. It highlights a difference between east and west as in the east one acceptable way of learning is to try and re-create, which is in a sense paying homage to, famous works from the past while in the west that is generally frowned upon.......

http://www2.sogo-gogo.com/common/museum ... index.html

Best,
R

robert

amazing show. he had a bunch of chadogu on display !

agreed. he had an amazing chashaku. handmade by him. wild ! its bent like a boomarang. WOW

i`ll post some pics when i return to HNL on tuesday.

cheers
ALOHA
MAHALO
cory

[bonjiri]

lately been scanning a bunch of negatives, part of a long term project on seasons of japan.

below is a negative w/ two friends, holding the actual 120 roll film negative. clay sculptures by Rochelle Lum.

this is what the photo looks like.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/corylum/4406591503/

[bonjiri]

fun aspect of tea in japan are the seasons.

wow.

this is ume (plum) blossoms at shinjuku gyoen (park) in tokyo.

the seasonal inspirations of flowers blooming influences my ceramic and photography too !

CHEERS ! soon, hanami or spring is on its way ! YAY !

[bonjiri]

variations on a theme

todays tea.

spring, hanami
with inspirations of 'hana fubuki' or falling petals of spring

cheers !

[bonjiri]

sharing a photo i made during a cool exhibit of kawakita handeishi's work at sogo yokohama, kanagawa. Japan

handmade chashaku.

amazing. love the handmade, twisty one at left.

[Geekgirl]

Those are stunning. I've been looking at chashaku online lately, the ones I have are the cheap $5 generic ones, and I'd love to have a nicer one, since it's a tool I use nearly every day.

(edited, because what is a "took"? lol I can't spell. Too much tea, I'm bouncing off the walks.)

("walls", I'm bouncing off the walls. Gah!)

[bonjiri]

greetings all

sharing some intersting guinomi . i like to use them as test pieces.

the bottom middle piece was really interesting. i usually fire 4 pieces inside the exit flue of the kiln.

cheers

cory

[LauraW]

Gorgeous! They're all wonderful, but I love the vibrancy of the bottom left one.

[JBaymore]

Thanks for posting the chashaku picture. You have any closeups of that you could share?

best,

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