{"id":3286,"date":"2017-09-13T18:45:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/busy-busy.html"},"modified":"2017-09-13T18:47:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T09:47:23","slug":"busy-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/busy-busy.html","title":{"rendered":"Busy busy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first abalone dish dried successfully, so today I started making more. I also started a small run of shiboridashi teapots. These are always good sellers, because they are easy to use and clean, with no hard to reach holes or metal sieves to collect grime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7045.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3283\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/busy-busy.html\/img_7045\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7045.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7046.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1505323943&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_7046\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7046.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" 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1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3284\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/busy-busy.html\/img_7048\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1505323990&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_7048\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?resize=1200%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?w=3264&amp;ssl=1 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7048.jpg?w=2400 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI always carve the grooves as early as possible, because as the clay gets harder, it becomes difficult to carve without tear out. Then I put the lids on, so that they dry evenly without warping, and after trimming they will go into the kiln to be fired together, to avoid any warping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/busy-busy.html\/img_7044\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1505323900&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_7044\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?resize=1200%2C900\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?w=3264&amp;ssl=1 3264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7044.jpg?w=2400 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first abalone dish dried successfully, so today I started making more. I also started a small run of shiboridashi teapots. These are always good sellers, because they are easy to use and clean, with no hard to reach holes or metal sieves to collect grime.&nbsp; I always carve the grooves as early as possible, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[88,5,35,83,139,22,80,41,143,106,14,74],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pottery","tag-ceramics","tag-karatsu","tag-karatsupots","tag-kyusu","tag-mike-martino","tag-pottery-2","tag-teapot","tag-wood-fired","tag-wood-kiln","tag-workshop-in-taku","tag-14","tag-74"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/img_7046.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1FneS-R0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3287,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}