mel jacobson on sat 21 jan 06
i have scanned three pix of teabowls onto the
clayart page of my website.
just click below.
go to clayart page.
bottom three pots....as if you cannot tell.
they are wonderful.
shino to faint over.
i had to show mr. kato's ochre teabowl.
man, is that one nice.
mel
from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
Lee Love on sun 22 jan 06
Check out Arakawa and Kato's trimming tools:
http://www.e-yakimono.net/assets/images2/db_Arakawa_s_tools3.jpg
http://www.e-yakimono.net/assets/images2/db_Kato_tools3.jpg
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Mike Gordon on sun 22 jan 06
Mel,
Beautiful !!! But .. a question thats always been on my mind. Are these
wheel thrown and then altered or are they pinch pots?? The slight
leaning, uneven lip. I always imagine ( not knowing the date of making
) them to be ancient, altered by high temperature kiln firings. Almost
slumping in some cases. Not these beauties but other shino cups I
wonder about sticking the lip into my mouth they look so rugged &
crude, but beautiful non the less. Mike Gordon
On Jan 21, 2006, at 7:04 PM, mel jacobson wrote:
> i have scanned three pix of teabowls onto the
> clayart page of my website.
> just click below.
> go to clayart page.
> bottom three pots....as if you cannot tell.
> they are wonderful.
>
> shino to faint over.
>
> i had to show mr. kato's ochre teabowl.
> man, is that one nice.
> mel
> from mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
> website: http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
>
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Hank Murrow on sun 22 jan 06
On Jan 22, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Mike Gordon wrote:
> Mel,
> Beautiful !!! But .. a question thats always been on my mind. Are these
> wheel thrown and then altered or are they pinch pots?? The slight
> leaning, uneven lip. I always imagine ( not knowing the date of making
> ) them to be ancient, altered by high temperature kiln firings. Almost
> slumping in some cases.
> Not these beauties but other shino cups I
> wonder about sticking the lip into my mouth they look so rugged &
> crude, but beautiful non the less.
Dear Mike;
The bowls that I have examined closely were made of clay that 'grabbed
the tongue' when touched. That is, they were made from clay that might
be vitreous at cone 15. That is one reason that the men of tea loved
them. They insulated against the heat of the tea, and also when wisked
they sounded like 'rain on thatch', not the sound of a vitreous body.
The 'slumping' is all in the making before the fire. I was as surprised
as can be on putting my first momoyama bowl in my hands.....a veritable
massage.....and to feel a lip that was sensual to say the least.
In other words, they continue to astonish,
Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
Jacqui Kruzewski on sun 22 jan 06
I watched Ken Matsuzuki make teabowls at Aberystwyth International Ceramics
festival last July.
He threw them on a wheel so they were symetrical, then he used a cutoff tool
to make the lip uneaven. The way I remember it the aim was to make the whole
pot asymetrical so that it should have a yin side and yang side.
Jacqui
North Wales
>From: Mike Gordon
>Mel,
>Beautiful !!! But .. a question thats always been on my mind. Are these
>wheel thrown and then altered or are they pinch pots?? The slight
>leaning, uneven lip. I always imagine ( not knowing the date of making
>) them to be ancient, altered by high temperature kiln firings. Almost
>slumping in some cases. Not these beauties but other shino cups I
>wonder about sticking the lip into my mouth they look so rugged &
>crude, but beautiful non the less. Mike Gordon
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