The balance and faith in those hands ... tool use and muscle memory ... I will always have those goals namaste 🙇 its all about free concept... it incorporates stuctured and organic ... much appreciated.
People don't understand how talented this legend is! He literally mastered the art of pottery to the limit where he started a whole new genre of it! When i first saw his end products i couldn't believe that it was made on a pottery wheel, kinda was in denial, and then i watched his videos and was stunned! A true pioneer.
A lot of the comments here seem to be using a "craft pottery" yardstick for art pottery. He's a noted fine art potter, not a functional ware potter. Much of the point is to play with the visual tension and drama of something being off-kilter and "caught in movement." That's not a failure, any more than Jasper Johns "failed" to paint a "perfect" American flag, or Meret Oppenheim "failed" to make a usable cup and saucer and spoon. I'm not saying Michikawa is in quite the same league-but at least use an appropriate yardstick to judge. At the same time, these techniques are useful to and usable by craft potters. It's very kind of him and of the Art College to share them with all of us.
Unbelievable skill. He understands the clay almost down to the molecules knowing how it will respond to every one of his touches and tools. That is being a MASTER of your craft.
at first it's hard to "get the point" but after seeing him work for a bit - you DO get the point! I'm sure I could never afford one of his pieces, but watching him make some - it's a privilege.
Wow, he makes everything look so easy, but it takes many many years to get to his skill level. Some never get there. Each item he made gets your mind thinking of ways to use that technique.
He's a remarkable influence in technique, and vindicates others of his philosophical persuasion, who practice in less adventurous group settings. I've shown this to some fellow club-potters and they now 'get' my errant, mirthful approach.
You should get back into it. I hadn't done pottery since high school and after 48 years I went to a studio and took two classes to relearn it. I have been back for a year and have made a lot of things. I made mugs for everyone for Christmas last uear. So 65 mugs in three months going to a studio almost every day. It sure is therapeutic.
Me gusta mucho zu modo y forma de trabajar y en señar ha trabajar la al fareria con el barro ho al zilla me gusta muchisimo y me gustaria saver hazer las cosa que este maravilloso profesor haze grazias un fuerte ha plauso para el y un cordial saludo de una alumna de al fareria lenny infante olivence desde ourense españa es cuela de harte y ofisio
Calming to watch. Looking for ways to work with clay, with strength issues to do with different parts of the hand. Love the formation that you have created.
Cyclinders are very important! It is the shape to almost every vessel you'll make in your class! If you have an Instagram, I'd like to see your upcoming work. :) mine is @jamesleasian I also am a potter!
That's how everyone starts. Some days it feels like you can't make anything, and other days it just flows. Even when I have been doing well, there are times I really mess up.
What on earth is this guy doing!! Shoot! That hole in the piece that started as a triangle!!! Insane!! What's that he's using?! A mop's stick 🤣🤣🤣 This is so much fun and creative, just to be clear 😂
The first piece I was really impressed like dang wat else can this guy do. Then after the plate I started thinking wtf am I watching. Then reading the comments I guess he has finished pieces online n so I figured I'd check em out. "What in the holy asterisk, 3500$ for.. what even is that!?"
I do pottery and his skill level is way up there. He makes it look easy, but that is years and years it took him to get this point. Even with that much time, not many people get to his level. He is an absolute artist.
Quer fazer uma roda de oleiro? Bom, pode encontrar instruccoes no site Pinterest mas se nao sabe ler ingles, vai complicar muito. Entre nos, nao vale a pena. Melhor importar uma roda ja feita. Tem muitos vendedores aqui nos EEUU. So tem que pesquisar.
Shozo is an artist that focuses on making art not for functionality or for consumers, which he mentions in the beginning of the video, but for art galleries. He is showing off natural art, not common methods for the average potter or consumer, that mimic natural organic formations. Ignoramus.
Michikawa is a fine artist.... I wish the students had more taste, it seemed like they didn’t even understand what he was saying. And then the whispering....
I guess i am ignorant. I cannot see what you are all fussing about. I'm certain he is gold standard in his circles. Maybe with some research, i will grow to appreciate this. So many things when done slow and with intensity, are called "art". Just MY opinion.
@@brmbkl He was all over the place. He didn't even centre the second piece not he needed to in order to produce the wobbleh tray/plate. Sometimes experiments can produce interesting pieces, but often they fail and all he did here was show a few processes which might produce something of interest...
I screwed this up and this bitch is ready to collapse in on itself, so lemme stop now , but you get the point. On to the next one... Ok, I was totally going for the Dungeon decor look on this one, don't have time to finish this one either, lets go to the next one....
