Illustrated is one of my bamboo form vases which
came out rather well with a rich iron surface dipped in my favorite
ash glaze. After the piece was thrown, I cut out three large areas creating a
tripod style foot and using two little, pinched wads of clay I added lugs to
either side near the top of the vase and then cut out half moons to match the
feet on the piece. As you can probably tell, this is another pot that I got
very lucky on as the ash ran all the way down the pot and stopped just shy of
sticking the piece to the self; though I like runny glazes, this was more than
a bit close. I have always been fascinated by various take-gata, bamboo form
vases by the likes of Rosanjin and Arakawa and have tried to make my own
version of the idea and when coupled with various subtle details and various
glaze combinations I would like to think that I have succeeded.
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