by Whitney Bai
The 19th installment of Mindful Making: Clay & Woodfiring in Japan, the glazed magic done credited to the amazing wood firing kiln and handmade glaze by Hiro and Masaya Imanishi.
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: anagama, bowl, ceramics, clay, coffee, cup, glaze, tea, woodfiring
by Whitney Bai
The 12th installment of Mindful Making: Clay & Woodfiring in Japan: a set of cup and bowl with buttons.
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: anagama, bowl, buttons, clay, cup, japan, woodfiring
by Whitney Bai
The 10th installment of Mindful Making: Clay & Woodfiring in Japan is a cup that has glazed texturized bottom that is inspired by the beautiful plants surrounding our studio in Kashihara.
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: anagama, ceramics, clay, coffee, cup, glaze, japan, kashihara, plants, roots, tea, woodfiring
by Whitney Bai
I went to Kashihara, Japan for a month to study traditional clay and ceramic techniques and wood firing. It was absolutely the most amazing experience I’ve ever had. Here’s the first installment of my Mindful Making series: coffee crave. The coffee beans were coated with iron dioxide before the first round of firing, bisque fire, and no glaze was applied. The color and sheen is all credited to the magic wood firing–anagama, which were done by our group in shifts […]
Categories: Form and forming • Tags: anagama, ceramic, ceramics, clay, coffee, coffeebeans, cup, japan, jar, mindful, modelmaking, woodfiring
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