I,Potter

I’ll start out by saying this is neither my photo or my pot, rather this Okabe Mineo oribe chawan was exhibited in the traveling exhibition,...

Brilliantly animated beaked pouring vessel by Minnesota potter, Jeff Oestreich. The pot is composed of rather simple pieces-parts to create ...

In trying to sort out a ton of files and videos, I happened across this video of an older mentori and stamped Oribe style teabowl that I mad...

Illustrated is a well thrown yuri-hakkin-sai hanaire with very pleasant proportions and measuring just about a shaku in height. Made by Furu...

I realize that I put up a post on this chawan quite some while back but this was up for rotation and I decided to have a bit of photographic...

So, this is where the “magic” happens or at least begins and I think it is pretty clear from this photo what meticulous planning, measuring ...

  Illustrated is another chawan by Kimura Morinobu and like most of his glazes, the base of this surface revolves around ash. What makes thi...

It will likely come as no surprise that I have chosen a pot by Tsukigata Nahiko as my second entry into my museum mentis meae and hopefully ...

So, here is an oldie for a way back Wednesday post. I can’t actually say I remember when this fully functional teapot was made but I was goi...

As odd as it may sound, especially considering I would never use a chawan I have collected, I can’t look at a pot without thinking of Rosanj...