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New Mexico born potter in Saga, Japan, making Karatsu ceramics.
Making attractive, cool, useful stuff out of dirt since 2006.
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I spent this afternoon playing a bit and wading around the fringes of Kakinoheta shapes and Badarai shapes. The porcelain was super soft and flopping everywhere, but I feel like it transferred that softness to the forms when I could hold it together.

I'm doing this now because I need a lot of sake cups in the next firing, and I need some time to cogitate on how they will be glazed and decorated.

Next week I will be getting into larger forms, from platters to jars and decorative vessels.

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Drop the word 👉🏼tea👈🏼 in the comments and I’ll send you a DM with the full store list of where I found these latest ceramic beauties from Japan.🙂‍↕️🍵🎌 Let me know which one is your favorite!🫰🏼🏆
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Japandi - Midcentury - Home Design - Modern living - Slow living - Cozy home - Apartment Design - Stylish Living - Interior Inspiration - Modern Home

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After several days of making repetitious tableware, I had some fun making loose, playful cups with some very special porcelain. This is Izumiyama stone with about 40% reclaimed large particle material from the levigation process, ranging from fine sand to 4mm. If you work with this stuff with an inflexible mindset, you will end up frustrated and disappointed, but if you approach it with softness and playfulness, it is a lot of fun.

Throwing it thin is a balancing act to keep it standing without twisting and tearing, while squeezing and releasing pressure as small rocks pass through (and do their best to catch) your fingers. I always have a small pile of failed pieces to re-wedge and throw again. So... fun. 😅

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Japon, céramique et quotidien. 🍚🇯🇵

Quand je voyage au Japon, j’adore rapporter de la céramique. Mais pas forcément les pièces les plus précieuses, les plus anciennes ou les plus « parfaites ».

Ce que j’aime surtout, ce sont les pièces qui finissent par entrer dans ma vie.

Celles qu’on utilise pour le petit-déjeuner, pour le riz, pour poser quelques fleurs… celles qu’on lave, qu’on ressort du placard et qu’on finit par associer à mille petits moments du quotidien. ❤️

Certaines de ces pièces ont presque 10 ans, d’autres sont beaucoup plus récentes. Certaines sont très traditionnelles, d’autres beaucoup moins. Et c’est justement ce mélange que j’aime.

📍 Où les trouver ?

Hagi — Tamura Hagiyakiten
1 Chome-18 Gofukumachi, Hagi, Yamaguchi 758-0072
→ Mes deux pièces en Hagi-yaki 💜

Petit point histoire : le Hagi-yaki est une céramique emblématique de la région de Hagi, connue notamment pour ses couleurs douces et ses émaux qui évoluent avec le temps et les utilisations.

Et son fameux « pied cassé » est associé à une légende : après l’arrivée de potiers coréens à Hagi, certaines productions auraient été volontairement rendues moins parfaites pour éviter qu’elles ne soient considérées comme trop précieuses. La légende raconte notamment que les pieds des bols étaient volontairement entaillés afin qu’ils ne puissent pas être facilement revendus ou utilisés comme objets de prestige. 🥹

Arita — 中島陶器店
2 Chome-6-7 Iwayagawachi, Arita, Nishimatsuura District, Saga 844-0011
→ Mes pièces en porcelaine d’Arita achetées en 2020 🤍

Seto — 鐘忠陶器
36-1 Sakaemachi, Seto, Aichi 489-0044
→ Mes deux petites pièces récentes 🦖🐟

Nara / Akahada-yaki — 赤膚焼窯元小川二楽
4-18 Asahicho, Yamatokoriyama, Nara 639-1013
→ La pièce aux motifs traditionnels de Nara ⛩️

Karatsu — 前田陶器
1886-1 Nakamachi, Karatsu, Saga 847-0051
→ Ma petite pièce bleue 💙

⚠️ Certaines de ces adresses datent de plusieurs années : je vous conseille donc de vérifier les horaires et l’ouverture avant de vous déplacer, surtout pour les boutiques que j’ai découvertes en 2020.
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Old pots can be the best teachers. What do you see?

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I wanted to play with trimming a bit, to see what would work well with this bowl shape. The first 3 pics are the tea bowls. The fourth is how all of the cups are trimmed, and the most minimal which I like, but not necessarily good for tea ceremony bowls. (Although it could be...😁)

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I was almost right. Managed to get 30 more rice bowl/tea cups and 3 larger tea bowls out of what was left in the bag... Unfortunately, I lost one trimming, but otherwise that amount of trimming scrap is what I like to see after trimming 100 cups. Less work recycling.

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Ok, that's 100. I still have some more porcelain in the bag, and I might be able to get about 30 more out of it if I'm lucky.

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Back to these single stone porcelain rice bowl/tea cups. These are a big seller for me, and I can never seem to keep them in stock. If I can take the monotony, I'm thinking about making at least 100 this run.

When I started out in pottery, I was hoping to one day have some designs that would be popular sellers like this. I hope I keep enjoying making them. So far so good.

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This is one of the first Izumiyama porcelain bowls I ever made and fired. I feel like it has aged well with use, developing a nice patina over the last 10 or so years. The glaze is porcelain stone (a different deposit) and ash, which matures at about 1180C.
When most people think porcelain they think 1300C, but Izumiyama stone matures at much lower temps. 1180C is still low by Izumiyama standards, but this bowl has never leaked or sweated, and rings more than thuds when you give it a finger tap. From the bare clay exterior surface, it's evident that it is porous to a degree, but still very much functional, especially in a tea ceremony context.
When I see this bowl and how the color has developed, it is easy to draw the connection to so many of the old tea bowls (400+years) and the dark color of their unglazed feet contrasting with the very white, yellow, or biwa-iro (loquat color) of the glazed areas. I think that many people (myself included) make the assumption that these old tea bowls were produced with dark iron rich clay, when in fact much lighter bodies were used which simply darkened with time and use.
Oh, and one thirst trap pic for all of the foot lovers. 😘 Can't let the pot thots have all the fun... If you're lucky, maybe I'll work my way up to posting bra-less tank top videos of me (unskillfully) throwing over-sized lumps of clay that are horribly un-centered, causing my sweaty upper body to rock to and fro, showcasing my giant swinging knockers. 😁

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