Raymond Avenue Show

Shots of Show and some new pots here: http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
Show has been extended to run until December 29th.

My "Morning Coffee" Tea Bowl

Irabo Pots

These are all brushed on the bottom, dipped at the top with Hamada's Irabo glaze.

Hamada's Irabo
Wood Ash 4
Amakusa (Arita porcelain Stone) 1.5
Odo/Ocher 2

You can see the Mashiko Kaki liner in this one.

This is over Ko-shigaraki Hosome Clay

Yohen Pot Bottoms

All my unglazed pots are polished. These yohen pots fired in the firebox need the most work.

1. First, I use a a stone (half a sharpening stone Sicarbide) Mostly on the foot, but for any big stuff on the pot
2. Then I use coarser then fine sandpaper.
   
3. then 3M green scrubbie wet.
4. then a sheepskin buffer on my mixing drill

I learned this method during my apprenticeship at Shimaoka's. Traditionally, they used ricestraw instead of 3M pads, but they switched to the 3M pads. Also, they don't use a buffer, but instead, an appentice can polish a yohen pot for a full day with a cotton cloth. The buffer is my apprentice and it gets the job done in about 15 minutes.

Yohen/Firebox Tea Bowl

Mogusa/Mashiko clay, iron decoration, shino glaze.

Firebox Tea Bowls

Shigaraki clay, faceting and inlay. Thin shino glaze

Shigaraki, hakame, Shino Glaze

Shigaraki, Faceting, Inlay, unglazed