Chirs Greenman on tue 28 jun 05
The reason why I jumped on this thread was to find out what Shiho =
Kanzaki's method was. I believe that on his website he describes his =
"coil and throw" method as coiling then throw with one breath. This to =
me sounded as though he coiled the piece on a kick wheel to create the =
rough form then threw the form into its final form "in one breath." If =
this is true for most of his forms, it is a method that I would really =
like to see. It sounds like it is the equivalent of a Zen monk awakening =
from Zazen and instantly grabbing a brush and creating an enso- Zen =
circle- revelation of the monks attainment. It also implies that all =
"imperfections" are made intuitively and happen as a matter of the =
process.
Chris Greenman
cgreenman3@knology.net
Lee Love on tue 28 jun 05
Chirs Greenman wrote:
>The reason why I jumped on this thread was to find out what Shiho Kanzaki's method was. I believe that on his website he describes his "coil and throw" method as coiling then throw with one breath.
>
I am guessing he is using a bit of hyperbole. But I think you
are on the right track: Make the ruff shape and then finish it by
throwing.
Kanzaki does have a large temple room in his studio. I
think it is Pureland, rather than Zen.
--
Lee Love
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
http://hankos.blogspot.com/ Visual Bookmarks
http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft
About the best pots:
"They are not necessarily amenable to intellectual analysis,
and, in fact, that analysis can destroy a person's real
appreciation and understanding of a piece."
-- Warren MacKenzie
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