cory Lum (bonjiri) chadogu

[Victoria]

And in that luscious purple-ly opal glaze!
For me please!

[Geekgirl]

tapered like this?

[Mrs. Chip]

cory, you just had to go and say kyusu, didn't cha?

[bonjiri]

throwing some fun double walled vessels

eventually thinking about revisting the double walled teapot...

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and more yunomi, double walled vessels

this is the natural color of greenware. this clay has a lot of organics even natural quartz and feldspar. amazing !

i threw these double walled vessels, a technique shared by an amazing ceramics meister/friend in hawaii named Daven Hee. then carved several pieces using a scalpel. my first teacher that carved was Ah Leon.

http://www.crockerartmuseum.org/exhibit ... h_leon.htm

below is a 2 inch diameter, futaoki , lid rest. after i studied with ah Leon my carving drastically improved. i think i'd like to explore this amazing path in clay. smaller pieces, highly detailed ...

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[bonjiri]

sharing an interesting, fun firing method of saggars.

usually saggars, lidded ceramic containers, were used to protect fired pieces in wood fire kilns from the fly ash. in this case, i used lei from a ceramics opening, recycled as combustibles in the saggar.

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the colors from this 'natural' way of firing was both spontaneous and amazing.

one particular firing i did w/ jeff B, we used red bananas w/ spectacular results. on some red clay we got some gold lustre. all naturally ! no glaze. talk about wow.

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[Victoria]

Unbelievable! Wow!

[Seeker]

So very cool!
The miracles of nature.

[JBaymore]

Studied with Ah leon..... nice! That futaoki is sweet Cory.

best,

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

[Robert Fornell]

I'm liking that futaoki Cory....... keep it up!

Best,
R

[bonjiri]

hey victoria ! THANKS !

seeker. many humble thanks !

john baymore . hey man ! wow ! COOL ! ah leon is amazing people !


thanks robert. its old... its been a while since i did 'real' carving ! haha ! i think i found the right clay here, so i'll start again ! some futaoki and ah leon influenced chadogu.

cheers !
humble thank u !

[bonjiri]

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aloha all !

had a wonderful tea this sunday AM! wow
surprised with a wonderful omiyage (gift) from dad
wow

a special okashi made from the liquid in green bamboo called "kissui sasanoka kashi" and it arrives wrapped in a leaf. wow
from kyoto, japan. wakoden, ryotei.

amazing ! the plate is my 12-inch wide tenmoku plate.

[bonjiri]

sharing a new chawan that came out of the gas kiln yesterday.
after weeks of testing different glazes and clay body combinations
the new hagi influenced colors are wonderful.

the clay body also goes really well. after testing both in oxidation (sanka) and reduction (kangen), the results have been fascinating.

this red clay body has a lot of organic materials and really nice after firing. the heat seems to be insulated w/ this cool clay body.

cheers
cory

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[Chip]

wonderful cory!

wow...

hagi influenced!

how 'bout a look at the clay, the koudai???

thanks!

[Geekgirl]

simply stunning, such a rich glaze, I love it!

[Seeker]

Beautiful!