mel jacobson on sun 22 jan 06
i am sure that all of these bowls are
thrown on a kick wheel.
it is a very specific art form.
they know what they are doing.
very long traditions and very serious stuff.
it is very difficult to copy this form.
in fact, unless you have studied a bit,
leave it alone.
lee and others are living with this
tradition. mike, lee and many others,
and i like to include myself have been there,
seen them, touched them and own them.
(i have an arakawa on my shelf of wonder pots
here in minnetonka..signed. white shino)
these are like mozart in music...it
sure is not rock and roll, rap.
seeing the pictures is just small sample
of what this is about. a tiny glimpse.
you need the water, the container, the tea and the
flowers, the poem and the food, and maybe
the moon reflecting on a small fish pond...and
the intellect to understand it all.
it is very serious stuff. at least to those
that take it seriously.
mel
from mel/
website http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
Hank Murrow on mon 23 jan 06
On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:47 PM, David Beumee wrote:
> I saw some footage once of Arakawa glazing a teabowl with a white
> shino glaze. He tipped a shallow pan of glaze and it was thick as
> pudding. He dipped the bowl and kept it there for at least 20 seconds.
> Brought it out and it looked like it had a quarter inch of glaze on it
> or more. Amazing!
Dear david;
That is exactly the way the Japanese Shinos want to go on. He is the
potter I studied, and had his words translated, in the beginning of my
own Shino Odyssey 35 years ago.
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
David Beumee on tue 24 jan 06
I saw some footage once of Arakawa glazing a teabowl with a white shino glaze. He tipped a shallow pan of glaze and it was thick as pudding. He dipped the bowl and kept it there for at least 20 seconds. Brought it out and it looked like it had a quarter inch of glaze on it or more. Amazing!
David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: mel jacobson
> i am sure that all of these bowls are
> thrown on a kick wheel.
>
> it is a very specific art form.
> they know what they are doing.
> very long traditions and very serious stuff.
>
> it is very difficult to copy this form.
> in fact, unless you have studied a bit,
> leave it alone.
>
> lee and others are living with this
> tradition. mike, lee and many others,
> and i like to include myself have been there,
> seen them, touched them and own them.
> (i have an arakawa on my shelf of wonder pots
> here in minnetonka..signed. white shino)
>
> these are like mozart in music...it
> sure is not rock and roll, rap.
>
> seeing the pictures is just small sample
> of what this is about. a tiny glimpse.
>
> you need the water, the container, the tea and the
> flowers, the poem and the food, and maybe
> the moon reflecting on a small fish pond...and
> the intellect to understand it all.
> it is very serious stuff. at least to those
> that take it seriously.
> mel
>
> from mel/
> website http://my.pclink.com/~melpots3
>
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