A few of the keepers

Here are some quick pics of a few of the nicer pieces:

The one saggared tea bowl turned out well, even warped to be lined up properly with the front of the pot. The regular madara yu for the chosen garatsu turned out just right, but the higher temp madara yu for the madara cup and the ‘reverse’ chosen garatsu (3rd and 2nd from top) wasn’t high temp enough and I didn’t get the frosty surface that I wanted, although the madara cup was pretty close. It was in a cool spot in the kiln. Need to adjust the glaze and try again. For some reason this glaze pinholes like crazy on inside surfaces when it melts too much. Keeping it a frosty, matte white keeps this from happening and the surface feels like soft skin. Must have been a little light on straw ash or silica or both.

5 thoughts on “A few of the keepers

  1. Really beautiful! I especially love the pot second from top of the post but truly, all are lovely. Well done!

  2. Thank you! They will be going to a show in early October. Here's hoping people like them enough to spend their hard earned yen on them…

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