We saw this pot and flowers at our neighborhood train station in Nanai. We are one stop past Mashiko.
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A�@little closer to the pot. It is tenmoku with kaki splashes.
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I can't understand anything on the poster, except Mashiko.
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Maybe a project for Tony C?!
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Smaller Drum.
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Taiko Group.
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More photos.
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Taiko!
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Close up of Shimaoka's signature decoration
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David Irish and friend (David is going to go up th Sheridan to study with Tony) are staying at Furuki-sans. David and I think Tony should bring a bunch of students to Furuki's and make pots in Mashiko.
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Kamia Shoichi (known as "Sho-chan" at the workshop) was groomed to become the foreman at Shimaoka's workshop. He began as a craftsman, but later asked to be "let go" to become an independent artist. This isn't done too often. When a person starts, they are either a craftsman Shokunin or an apprentice Deshi. Kamia's work is one of my favorites of the work of our teacher's students.
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Kamia plate.
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Kamia kiln glazed pitcher.
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Kamia blue and white small tsubo.
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Kamia blue & white bowl. First gosu slip is put on, then a white slip with fingerwipe decoration. Then the pot is glazed.
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Kamia blue & white tsubo
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Kamia, side-fired bottle.
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Kamia
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Kamia kiln glazed pot.
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Kamia Tokuri
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Kamia Vase, glazed by the woodkiln.
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Kamia Shoichi Guinomi
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Kamia appears to take glowing pots out of the Dogima. Maybe to oxidize them. This is a photo at his exhibition.
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