Shoji Hamada Pottery 

Eastern /clockwise.. Western /counter-clockwise. Australian bit of both and some Aussie originality 😎 agood Shimpo wheel goes both ways.....

I love Hamada's throwing a lot.One interesting point to watch for. In Japan the wheel is going clockwise so the leading strong Right hand (if Hamada is right handed)is on the inside of the pot. In the west the leading right hand is on the outside of the pot. This makes quite a difference . All the best , guy wolff

Seeing him work stills my soul. Reminds me of my days studying ceramics. Beautiful Kyoto melodies; so appropriate.

Thank you so much. I would like to see/know more about the technique. I just started pottery.

Simply marvelous! The best potter I've ever seen!

Before the electric is the kick wheel, but even before that is just a very slow turning of the piece in an almost fix surface. All three ways have a deep effect on the result, but all three are still alive today and some people still prefer to use not even a kick or stick wheel, for instance in the southwest (USA) or in many parts of Mexico. As for myself I have tried all except the electric wheel. When it comes to writing I like handwriting and computer, not the typewriter.

Mr Hamada combined clay and glaze and fire and with it, incredible, miraculous jewels came out of his kiln. Marvelous jewels as natural as nature. Everything he did exudes class and style, total mastery, perfect correctness. Understated, pure and natural. No artifice, no art, just beauty, and truth, pure and simple. Was there ever a greater potter?

Wonderful! Perfect gesture without any tension. Many thanks for the video, i couldnt imagine to see one day Hamada at work.

Closed form with bamboo ....best viewing!

Hamada didn't throw completely evenly. he didn't like to have his things even.

thank you so much for posting Shoji Hamada!!! whou would have ever thought we could see him at work. I'd love to see the second part of this water bottle if you have it.

おどろくべき Read "A Potters Way and Work" by Susan Peterson...a wonderful biography of the humble master Shoji Hamada.

It is so good to see Shoji Hamada pot! I had seen this movie years ago and it is wonderful.

Where is the rest of this video? Where can it be found?

Excellent. Thanks so much for posting this!

play it backwards for the secrets

Yes a Master, look closely at what his hands are doing to create his form. Open and Flat Sam

Video sadly out of focus

How beautiful. How profound.

Oh, OK I have an old vhs of myself giving a trench kiln workshop out side and the wind is a problem. Is it possible to clean that out along the way by separating the sound into tracks? I don't know much bout electronics, just clay. Much of my kiln is based on "Pioneer Pottery".

Very nice!! this has helped me improve, i started this winter Check out my work on on facebook if you have time i have alot of my pots on there search Blue Earth Pottery, thanks

good eye candy for the local potter.

on an old vhs tape, there is also some of Michael Cardew but it may not be watchable, ill try

That would be cool too. I wondered how Hamada uses the stick wheel. How did you take vhs and get it to here? Farm it out?

InterVideo WinDvd to capture from tape to computer and convert to DVD. Intervideo CopyDVD5 to convert to avi and the upload

I think he made a hollow form that he will later cut for the water pot's lid... where are there more Shoji Hamada videos?

I've never seen Hamada at work, just still pictures. Thanks for this. Where did you find it?

おどろくべき...Miharo rawa atu tenei mahi o te tohunga whakaahua uku nei

Hamada did not need to throw on center

Does anyone know what the music is?

Does the tape you have say what the first thing Hamada's shown making is? Also, I'd be interested to see the footage of him making the spout for the hot water pot. []

so THATS what that is.. cool

1965 in Australia

well done......

Anne-Bridget says, "he's the Man" !

Bernard Leach had a similar style, mate of Shoji. I'll have a look and see if I can find it.

More please

I note his wheel turns clockwise and he throws left-handed.

a lathe type?

really?

just beaultiful!

There is something abut Chinese black and white films that is so mesmerizing to me.. 0.0