My name is Ken Kang, potting in Honolulu, Hawaii for the last 38 years. I was invited here by Cory Lum, good friend and excellent potter. I do cone 10 stoneware in my own converted electric to propane kiln. For the last 15 years my interest in Chanoyu ceramic utensils has taken me in different directions in making ceramic ware. There's lots of satisfaction but for me it is very hard to achieve or come close to perfection, if there is such a thing in Chanoyu ware.
Here are a few pictures of my work. I Make and refinish my own wood covers for my mizusashis and chaires.
Aloha
Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
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May 24th, '12, 21:59
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May 24th, '12, 22:11
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Welcome to TeaChat. Beautiful Teawares!
Please look for a message from me in your forum message box shortly.
Please look for a message from me in your forum message box shortly.
May 24th, '12, 23:49
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Ken,
Welcome to TeaChat and the Teaware Artisans community.
Some REALLY nice chadogu pieces you chose to show there as your intro.
best,
....................john
Welcome to TeaChat and the Teaware Artisans community.
Some REALLY nice chadogu pieces you chose to show there as your intro.
best,
....................john
May 25th, '12, 09:12
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
OMG! That's stunning!!! I'd love to have a mizusashi like that! (even the chaire is gorgeous too!).debunix wrote:Wow, what a rock!Ken Kang wrote:
Thanks Ken for sharing such beautiful sadogu!
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
Welcome Ken,
Dang!....these are nice. I really look forward to see more of your work, very inspired.
Michael
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Dang!....these are nice. I really look forward to see more of your work, very inspired.
Michael
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
Wow, thanks for the kind complements. You guys sure inspire me to show more of my work.
Aloha, Ken
Aloha, Ken
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May 26th, '12, 00:12
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
Oh, very cool chawan (all are very cool, but some we must individually be moved by).
But, you must show feetsies! That is the unwritten rule!
But, you must show feetsies! That is the unwritten rule!
May 26th, '12, 00:35
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
The foot fetish runs quite deeply in some of us here.....Chip wrote:But, you must show feetsies!
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Here is the kodai.Chip wrote:Oh, very cool chawan (all are very cool, but some we must individually be moved by).
But, you must show feetsies! That is the unwritten rule!
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May 26th, '12, 22:20
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Mahalo for the Koudai photo! Very cool, never saw one like that.
OK, how about the chawan interior, please?
OK, how about the chawan interior, please?
May 27th, '12, 02:01
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Re: Ken Kang-Hawaii ceramics
Sorry, no online shopping site only local gallery. I'm thinking about etsy but maybe later.debunix wrote:And, um.......got etsy? or eBay? or another shopping site?