My name is Saori Matsushita, I am a Japanese-born potter / contemporary artist from outer Seattle, WA. The works in the video are available in my online store. I also take consignment and wholesale orders, so please look at my works.
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I mixed this glaze myself. A commercial brush-on glaze would certainly be too thick. You can buy powdered glaze and mix it with water, or if you want to mix your own glaze, the website called Glazy is a good reference.
It is the movement of the fluid due to the difference in temperature. We make chadamari, so that the matcha powder in liquid uniformly spread out when pouring, and stays in the depression when drinking.
If I did it the way you describe, it would not produce the same natural pattern as this one. I also wanted to do something that could be done with the techniques that I have☺️
Wow I love this! I feel like I'm not as composed when i work with clay, that i worry too much about the end result and in the end I end up being disappointed by some details. But you really inspire me
I totally understand! I wouldn't want to see a failure after firing. But I'm not afraid of trial and error to get ideas, so keep checking out my videos to find your inspiration☺️
The technique of layering patterns and slicing them to create slabs is called Nerikomi. This method results in unique pottery pieces with identical patterns on both sides. While the grid sections less visible after slicing, they are definitely incorporated. Please look forward to the result after firing!
Hello! Thanks for the question. This gray clay is the result of a mixture of various colors, as it is recycled from many of my pieces. Most of it is red clay and blue pigment.
You've got a good point. I am right-handed, but in Japanese ceramics I have learned to form with clockwise rotation. The rim angle is gentle, so there is no problem to drink.
Absolutely excellent video. Beautiful dishes, but questions….. a) I’m shocked that pressing the mold in does not crack or distort the slip. How? b) I’ve never seen slip in a blender! Love it. I’m off to Goodwill. c) The cover glaze did not look like a clear. How does it not hide the color under it? Is that cone 6? Thank you!
Thanks for your comment! Slip will not crack if you mold it at just the right dryness. A kitchen blender is also useful for making small amounts of glaze. The glaze I used in this video is a clear candy glaze (clear glaze + iron oxide) and fired in cone6. Slipware may be fired at lower temperatures. I hope you found helpful answer. Feel free to ask me again anytime!
This is showing the Nerikomi technique that combining colored clays to create patterns within the clay itself. The process involves assembling the colored clay, forming it, bisque firing it, and then applying a clear glaze before the high temp firing.
