Incense Burners No.2

This constitutes all of the incense burners I've made so far.

Incense Burners No.1

I was inspired by a shop in a department store near my station that sells incense. So I made about five of them to get a feel for it. I can say I'm really happy with the results. I got really great colors on this first one. The second one has no glaze, but looks really great too. The lids fit nicely, and I've tried out the design and they work great.

Just some

Odds and ends...

It's all shiro-matto in reduction. Actually on the teapot, I very painstakingly painted a leaf and vine pattern all over the whole thing, only to have it lost under the glaze. O-well...

Tea cups to match

I made these because a while back I made a teapot that has the same color and picture design.

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http://royaldirt.blogspot.com/2010/07/some-new-teapots.html

I really didn't like the way it came out, It was basically an accident, but I was stuck with it, so I decided to just make some cups to match and this way it would at least look I intended to make them look that way on purpose. On a positive note, one of the ladies at the studio who I really admire seemed to think these cups were really great. It makes me feel better about the whole thing.

Vases

Just two, but I thought they needed several shots to show what they look like. I think they look even better in real life. It's hard to get good light... Anyways, the first one is another Zogan

ぞがん in English, I believe it's called Scriffito but I don't know how to spell it. It's a dragon, and it's my first try. I'd like to try again. I think I can do better. This one I used white clay with iron oxide colored clay for the zogan, but the iron made the whole vase turn red while I was working on it. I was a little nervous that for all my efforts I would wind up with just a red vase so I scraped a little more than I would otherwise have done, and in the process, scraped away some of the picture as well... Live and learn I say, live and learn.

New Stuff

From the Kama. Here is a Tokuri and ochoko とくり と おちょこ aka sake bottle and cups. I think they came out really nice. I didn't glaze the outside, only the inside so they're just a little rough to the touch. The clay I used was a little coarse.

Coffee Cups &

The pitcher and one of the six cups I made for My friend. Unfortunately, the pitcher melted in the kiln. You can't really see it from the picture, but it's melted. Literally, the clay melted. This is a perfect example of Murphy's law. I've only had things melt like maybe three times in the last four years, counting this. I was really upset when I saw it I was working fast to get it done in time for my friend, I got them to move it up the line to get in the kiln in time and then to see it melt. It was to be a wedding present for my friend's friend's wedding. a little confusing perhaps. Anyways, anyways... The other stuff came out real nice and we did get five good cups (one of them returned with a chip on it's rim so I'm really glad I made six). The coffee cup represents a set of four that I made. I had some extra clay lying around so I made them, not enough for a proper set which is five, so I'm hoping to sell them as individual pieces.