If I had not been interested
in firing the earth, I would
not have paid attention to
the unglazed part at the
bottom of a bowl or considered
clay and glaze compatibility!
test pieces:
同じ土(採取土+白木節)
釉薬3種類
one clay mixture
three different glazes
Dobin (pot) mushi (steamed/
simmered) is a clear soup
especially with 'matsutake'
or 'shiitake' mushroom served
in a pot and cup, so that you can savor
the delicate broth: inhale its heady fragrance
first, then sip some soup and pluck out
the mushrooms and other ingredients.
"Buckwheat Dumplings Zenzai"
--buckwheat/flour/potato starch
--small red adzuki beans, boiled,
and sweetened with brown sugar
a little soy sauce
--peeled and cooked chestnuts
This granite clay cup has just
been fired. I like the particles
in the clay: quartz, and mica.
An idea came to me.
How about grinding the sand
and mixing some into white clay?
七輪で楽焼、のつもりで
楽透明(低火度)釉かけと
いた茶わんに、少しずつ
残ってる釉薬塗り焼いた
I have a little bit of test
glazes left, and so I brushed
some of them on the bowl,
which had been bisque-fired,
low fire glaze applied and
ready for raku firing(low fire).
案の定、道具土せんべいに
しっかり釉薬流れくっつく