Mashiko Pots

"Air and Simple Gifts", composed by John Williams

2009-01-20T15:59:00.001-08:00

Yo-Yo Ma , Itzhak Perlman , Anthony McGill & Gabriela Montero at the Obama Inauguration

"Air and Simple Gifts", composed by John Williams

2009-01-20T15:59:00.000-08:00

Yo-Yo Ma , Itzhak Perlman , Anthony McGill & Gabriela Montero at the Obama Inauguration

Peace Is Patriotic.

2009-01-15T15:01:00.000-08:00

Raymond Avenue Show

2008-11-18T04:37:00.001-08:00

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

2008-11-07T04:15:00.000-08:00

Irabo Pots

2007-12-30T16:56:00.000-08:00

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

2007-06-05T18:21:00.000-07:00

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

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

2007-06-04T01:10:00.000-07:00

Mogusa/Mashiko clay, iron decoration, shino glaze.

Firebox Tea Bowls

2007-06-03T23:36:00.000-07:00

Shigaraki clay, faceting and inlay. Thin shino glaze

Shigaraki, hakame, Shino Glaze

Shigaraki, Faceting, Inlay, unglazed

2007-05-06T00:58:00.000-07:00

2007-05-05T23:40:00.001-07:00

2007-05-05T16:20:00.000-07:00

2007-03-13T00:08:00.000-07:00

Ash glaze with glaze trailed Kaki, Nuka and Reeve green

John Reeve's Synthetic Kaki:
OM4 11.5
EPK 11.5
Kona F4 31.4
Bone Ash .5
Talc 5.2
Wollastonite 6.5
Silica 27.0
Spanish Iron Oxide 6.4
TiO2 .5
MnO2 .2

2007-03-12T23:57:00.000-07:00

Kaki, Resist, Jomon inlay and Reeve Green in Window

Tenmoku, glaze trailed kaki, nuka and Reeve Green.

Shino Plate With Grass Decoration

2007-03-01T15:57:00.000-08:00

Shigaraki Tsubo with Fish Inlayed

2007-02-27T00:31:00.000-08:00

The Shigaraki Clay has some Mashiko red clay added to it.
The inlay always cracks a little bit on the unglazed shigaraki clay body.

Fish as a symbol is related to my Zen name, Dairin

2007-02-26T20:46:00.000-08:00

Bottom View

Stamps Closeup