I learned about Bernard Leach and his association with Japanese ceramics in 1967. Over the next 30 years I made pottery on and off. I learned to use the wheel, to fire the electric kilns and experiment with numerous glazes.. I had a love affair with ceramics. and some of the pieces I made I’m very proud off…I was just a hobbiest
Like you, I love the pieces I made. I did pottery briefly before the pandemic. At the time I was quite critical about my pieces, but I couldn’t bear the thought of throwing them away. Now, the aspects that irked me, like how my little bowls were too heavy coz I was not good at judging thickness of clay on the wheel when trimming, are now my favourite parts about them - the extra clay gave them a nice weight when handling and made them almost impossible to break (handy with young kids!). I hope you’ll get to do more of it.
FOR YEARS I COLLECTED, ADMIRED THOSE FROM THE ""ORIBE"" TEA CEREMONY TYPE HAD TO LET ALL OF THEM GO, BECAUSE OF MY AGEING. ALSO LIKED AMERICAN ""TECO"" FROM EARLY 20THC. RAKU AND MANY OTHERS,,,,,,,
They aren't errors: it's another layer of decoration/ornamentation fired to a lower temperature, likely in oxidation (as opposed to the heavy reduction one gets in a wood firing.) If you listen carefully, the narrator says "fix glaze colors."
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I learned about Bernard Leach and his association with Japanese ceramics in 1967.
Over the next 30 years I made pottery on and off. I learned to use the wheel, to fire the electric kilns and experiment with numerous glazes..
I had a love affair with ceramics. and some of the pieces I made I’m very proud off…I was just a hobbiest
Like you, I love the pieces I made. I did pottery briefly before the pandemic. At the time I was quite critical about my pieces, but I couldn’t bear the thought of throwing them away. Now, the aspects that irked me, like how my little bowls were too heavy coz I was not good at judging thickness of clay on the wheel when trimming, are now my favourite parts about them - the extra clay gave them a nice weight when handling and made them almost impossible to break (handy with young kids!).
I hope you’ll get to do more of it.
this documentary is very important to me, thank you
I hope one day my grandson will get me one of these .
Beautiful!
FOR YEARS I COLLECTED, ADMIRED THOSE FROM THE ""ORIBE"" TEA CEREMONY TYPE
HAD TO LET ALL OF THEM GO, BECAUSE OF MY AGEING. ALSO LIKED AMERICAN
""TECO"" FROM EARLY 20THC. RAKU AND MANY OTHERS,,,,,,,
"You can't do this with a gas kiln..." (proceeds to fix glaze errors with gas kiln) 😂
They aren't errors: it's another layer of decoration/ornamentation fired to a lower temperature, likely in oxidation (as opposed to the heavy reduction one gets in a wood firing.) If you listen carefully, the narrator says "fix glaze colors."
Is that you Gjeff voff voff ? Hvy doings the chessbord on ya head ?