Making a chawan, pottery tutorial and teabowl inspiration 

Thank you so much! ❤️

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@skittles_xoxo certainly the art my children produce is precious and they will be in that state for such a short period of time. I think that just because it is irregular or organic in form doesn’t mean it is easy or thought free. I believe that this style of pottery is more highly regarded in Japan than other countries due to a few reasons including zen philosophy and the Buddhist connection with nature. I see Ri as mastering your craft and allowing experimentation to produce individual works of art. It is owning your own perspective. I hope to get there one day.

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

Thank you so much for watching. I am touched that you connected with it. This was one of my first videos but it is where I started on my pottery journey so means a lot to me. I plan on making another chawan video soon. I have been studying the tea ceremony and I have more to say about this form. I hope you stick around and watch some of my other videos, maybe some of my other influences will resonate with you too.

I think repetitive processes can lead to this state of mind. There are endless possibilities with clay. 💕

Thank you so much! I use a variety of Japanese glazes and clays but do not follow the methods used by actual Raku masters. My pieces are all stoneware. Raku bowls are fired at lower temperatures using lower temperature glazes. My go to methods for textured teabowls are simply a clear glaze with iron oxide to bring out the texture or black on black clay. I enjoy the process of hand painting my glazes so I try to use ones that I can do that with. I would say experiment with what you have available to you but often simple is the best way to go.

@@OceanRidgeKiln Thank you so much! Will definitly give them a go.

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Thank you!

This is actually what is written in the Raku museum. It is their description not mine. I do agree it is a beautiful way to explain the three states.

Thank you Anne! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you Nadia! ❤️

Thank you so much! I would say find your inspirations and study a piece that you like. Part of the reason I started making without using an electric wheel was because I needed to work with my children next to me and needed something less messy. A banding wheel makes things easier to turn and make repetitive motions making things more uniformly round but you don’t need it really. My advice is to just get started and you will learn from your mistakes. The form is one thing but glazing is another learning curve. I wanted all my teabowls to be food safe high fired stoneware (unlike the porous Raku bowls in Japan). This meant that I had to choose my glazes to fit in with the seasonality of the tea ceremony. To get them to be as light as Raku bowls I had to carve them out on the inside. I can make three bowl forms in one day if I put my mind to it. Glazing takes half a day as I hand paint the glaze on to emphasize the textures. I am no expert I am new to all of this myself but I study the tea ceremony and I would recommend anyone who makes teabowls to sell does the same. Feel free to email me if you want to chat more.

Thank you for being here and interacting. I hope this space can be a place for a conversation and a support network.

Thank you so much! More about chawan? I have a video where I make chawan and mugs inspired by marble. Also I just posted a video of me using my work during my practice of the Japanese tea ceremony. It shows how the teabowl is used during the process. What specifically would you like to see more of? I plan to make a video about Raku chawan in the future. Thank you so much for watching!

Thank you so much!

Thank you for watching! I am glad you enjoyed it!

Reaching a higher state and level of creation. 💕

Thank you Jeff! It is a type of therapy for me. ❤️

@@OceanRidgeKiln me too, doing pottery brings me peace.

These are all functional stoneware bowls. I do not use Raku techniques for glazing or firing. Thank you for your interest and for watching. :)

@@OceanRidgeKiln Very nice work.

Thank you so much! I am working on a video about my Japanese tea ceremony practice. You will see how teabowls are used in a ceremony and I go a little into what it means to me. I hope you have time to check it out once it is done.

@@OceanRidgeKiln looking forward to it! i love that you include the theory behind everything. i learned a lot from your vids. by the way, do you have any videos of glazing or firing? would love to learn! are traditional chawans raku fired or does raku refer to the dynasty name only? wish i visited the museum when i went to japan last year !

I talk a little about my preference for hand painting glazes and mixing glazes and pigments in my sculptural vase video and mugs with texture video. All my pieces are fired at 1230oC as I want them to be functional and durable. Raku teabowls are traditionally fired at low temperatures making them very light but also porous. Unless you know how to initiate them and care for them they pose a potential risk to the user. I try to make my bowls out of durable and non porous stoneware, so to get them to be similar weights to Raku bowls I carve them out. There is such a range of glazes available in Japan and I enjoy experimenting and using them in different ways. I am still at a very experimental stage. Maybe I will stick to one eventually but for now I’m having fun seeing what will happen. There is so much you can do with just a simple clear glaze though, it allows the texture and colour of the clay to be the main feature.

Yes they are all high fired stoneware with food safe glazes. ❤️

​ are these bowls already initiated or do they need initiatiom?

They do not need initiation.

Thank you so much Robert!

Thank you!

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Thanks Arthur! 💕

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