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A lot has happened over the last month since the Karatsu pottery festival, mostly cleaning, shelf building, and shifting things around in the studio in preparation for the open studio event which happened this last weekend from June 19th to June 21st.<\/p>\n

In rough chronological order, here is what has happened in May:<\/p>\n

Plates formed over wood slabs of various sizes<\/p>\n

\"Paddled<\/a>
Paddled slab plates en masse…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got our garden planted and our first Jalapenos soon followed!<\/p>\n

\"This<\/a>
This year’s small Jalapeno crop. Not many, but it’s a start.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another type of crop: Good batch of Madara Karatsu guinomi from late April firing. Body is mostly crushed sandstone with a bit of native low iron clay to help keep things together.<\/p>\n

\"Madara<\/a>
Madara Karatsu guinomi from spring gas firing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In prep for the open studio event, I cleaned the deck and brickwork of the backyard. I did not realize just how overgrown with algae and moss it had become until it was clean again.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The deck and bricks after being power washed. Almost like a new backyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the worst sections, but it felt really cathartic blasting all of that green away, leaving nice clean trails of clear, brown wood.<\/p>\n

\"Before<\/a>
Before After pic of the deck, what a difference!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Entrance to the yard event space, tents and blue tarps up to\u00a0 keep out the rain. Luckily, although it threatened a few times, it never really rained, and the last day was actually sunny and hot. This is\u00a0 the middle of monsoon season folks, we totally lucked out.<\/p>\n

\"Emeth<\/a>
Emeth and Shimauchi san’s burgers. Best burgers in Nagasaki. Best burgers in Saga for 3 days only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The spot for gamblers. 500 yen per turn, no losers. One grand prize, 15 second place prizes, 25 3rd place prizes, and 100 4th place prizes. One grand prize went out every single day of the 3 day event. Happy customers!<\/p>\n

\"Pot<\/a>
Pot lottery wheel. No losers here, everyone walks away with a pot, some better than others…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This discount table was a new strategy for me. Turned out to be great for turning older pots into cash and additional storage space in my studio showroom.<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>
My discount table, holding everything I haven’t sold in 6 years that I couldn’t bear to hammer. I think about 300 of these pots found new homes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Knife and tool maker, really nice stuff for reasonable prices<\/p>\n

\"Knives<\/a>
Knives and tools from Matsubara forge, in Nagasaki.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Really big caterpillar!<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A friend I discovered during the open studio event. Never seen one like this before.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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