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water jars for sumi painting

updated fri 15 jan 10

 

Lee Love on wed 13 jan 10


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Mike Gordon wrote:
> A friend is going to buy one this weekend at the local flea market ( he
> said..... two water containers =3DA0i saw =3DA0at the flea mkt , were sma=
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> a web site where I can see some examples?? Or jpgs are fine too! Thanks M=
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> Gordon

They are called Suiteki. They were mold made in different geomtric
shapes at my teacher's studio in Mashiko. I have made them in the
past.

If you look here to see some:

http://images.google.com/images?q=3D3D%E6%B0%B4%E6%BB%B4%20suiteki&oe=3D3Du=
tf-8=3D
&client=3D3Dfirefox-a&rlz=3D3D1R1GGGL_en&um=3D3D1&ie=3D3DUTF-8&sa=3D3DN&hl=
=3D3Den&tab=3D
=3D3Dwi

Or here if the above link is broken:

http://tinyurl.com/suitekii





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Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/

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land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue

Mike Gordon on wed 13 jan 10


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