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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Sep 27th 15 2:00 pm

A gaiwan in the same speckled, grogged stoneware:
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I am finding gaiwan are really challenging but satisfying to make - only a very small margin of error is allowed, or the pieces will not fit nicely together when assembled. When they're glazed, they have to be fired separately of course, and this increases the risk of a bad fit. So I feel great when it works.
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A very small kyusu (merely 75ml) in porcelain:
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It was in last weekend's load, fired to 1250 degrees Celcius. Since it was slightly underfired the surface is matte and there are some earthworm marks on the surface of the glaze near the spout.

This little porcelain teapot below was thrown in Limoges porcelain, and glazed in the same glaze, fired to a nice translucent white at 1280 degrees Celcius.
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Sep 27th 15 2:22 pm

Lastly a shuiping - or an attempt at one...
This was a real challenge, as I don't normally make so "formal", or rigid teapots. Makes me feel really humble... Imagine there are craftsmen who turn perfect ones out every day...
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Oct 16th 15 8:16 am

Kiln opening this morning. Some impressions here, more pictures on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/shop/PotterybyIngeNielsen and, eventually, my blog http://www.potterybyin.blogspot.com
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by 茶藝-TeaArt08 » Oct 17th 15 6:21 am

Inge,

Congratulations on the new pieces and the successful firing!

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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by debunix » Oct 17th 15 8:37 pm

The teadust glaze looks especially nice on the teabowls.

How big is the 'celadon' tea tray/tea boat?

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by William » Oct 17th 15 8:47 pm

debunix wrote: How big is the 'celadon' tea tray/tea boat?
That was a custom order, similar here https://www.etsy.com/listing/245229070/ ... e_active_7

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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by andrzej bero » Oct 18th 15 11:50 am

so nice those porcelane items, I see you are really workin girl

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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Oct 19th 15 4:43 am

茶艺, Debunix, William, Andzrej - thanks for your kind feedback.

The teaboat was smallish, 20 x7 cm with 18,5 cm usable surface, as it was intended to fit onto a small table and to go with a previously ordered kyusu and cup.

Thanks for looking :)

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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Nov 6th 15 8:11 am

Hi Everyone
Some new pieces fresh from my kiln:
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Dec 7th 15 1:50 pm

Dear All
Some pictures of the latest pieces to emerge from my kiln. Among them a handful of shibos and another handful of kyusus, now for sale on Etsy.
Most are thrown in a mix of two local clays from Wallonia, Belgium. It is a coarsely grogged, iron-rich clay (about 5%) fired to its max temp of 1250 Celcius. It is similar in quality to the lighter-coloured coarse clay I have used previously, but staining is no longer an issue with this dark body.
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by Chip » Dec 7th 15 2:05 pm

Looks great!

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by inge » Dec 7th 15 2:19 pm

Thank you Chip!
Some pictures of some of the kyusu pots
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Dec 7th 15 2:26 pm

And finally (phew, it takes me a long time to upload and crop and shrink these pics!), some odd bits and bobs...
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Thanks for looking, as always!
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Re: Pottery by Inge Nielsen - Chinese-inspired teaware

by inge » Jan 17th 16 9:58 pm

Hi teachat friends -
Just a few pictures of new pieces - more on ETsy (http://www.etsy.com/shop/PotterybyIngeNielsen).
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I will eventually post all the pics from this firing on my blog http://www.potterybyin.blogspot.com. There I shall also soon post some pics of my current pet project - a viable hare fur glaze. This firing was a breakthrough in some way - but there is still a lot of work ahead... I will just post a very selective shot here (avoiding the view of the inside :wink: ) and go away and ponder how to improve the recipe:
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