Sunday, May 04, 2008

New Shinos


On You-Betcha Ko-shigaraki clay. No soda ash


Other side. Includes low-melt Spodumene


A standard Minnestoa Shino with Helmers. The iron in the Helmers turns it metallic.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Mino Shino Alumina Oxide and Low-melt Spodumene


Mino Shino from John Britt's glaze book.

white hakame slip inside. Whitens and smooths pinholing

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Friday, January 18, 2008

Sunday, October 08, 2006

First Mogusa 艾 Clay and E-Shino

Shino was a Favorite glaze of mine in Minnesota. I have made many tests, and after about 5 years of test have come up with something I like.

The clay is have Mogusa shino clay and Half Mashiko Nami. Iron brush unglaze decoration.



Monday, January 30, 2006

Hank Murrow 3 Footed Tea Bowl.

T These are my first tries with indoor lighting on pots. I am using clear sky blue 6700 kelvin lighting. Tatsuo sent me this fine bowl over the holiday seasons. Thank you Tatsuo! Thank you Hank! Posted by Picasa

Foot View, Nice Grooved Feet!

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Warren MacKenzie Tea Bowl

Got this and the pot below over the holidays. If you click and look at larger image, you can see large stone feldspar on the glaze surface and maybe applied ash. MacKenzie is in his 80s and continues to experiment.
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Foot View!

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Another MacKenzie. I think this is Brown Mat over Shino.

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