A day in a life of a potter - Mishima Pottery Technique

I am a professional potter from Saga, Japan.
My specialty is Karatsu style "Mishima" technique.
Today, I will show what my typical day looks like.
I hope you will enjoy watching.
0:00 Intro
0:17 7am
2:44 9am
5:41 11am
7:44 1pm
11:37 5pm
Website: www.watajima.com
Instagram: / yasuhiro_watajima

[@tokyorosa]

Amazing!

[@denisesarazin6753]

I love your calming videos.

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you.

[@GoshaNagashima]

素敵な心底揺れるあなた様の芸術🕊

[@WatajimaPottery]

ありがとうございます!

[@user-nx7qe3gl7i]

動画ありがとうございました。

[@user-ji3vw7gd7y]

Thank you. I enjoy your relaxing and informative videos greatly. Beautiful.

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you so much !

[@edelgyn2699]

Thank you for sharing your working day with us. I love the shape of your soup bowls and also the method of decoration. I'm going to make some soups bowls following your style this week - it is just the weather for hot soup! 🍲🍲

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you so much! Please enjoy making the bowl!

[@Andrea-bu3vn]

Thanks again for this video! Even in autumn the mountain view is just wunderfull! So much green even in november and it still have some warm and gentle sunlight. I should send you a picture of my view out of the window.....😅 I am also everytime amazed how clean your workshop is.🙂 And of cause the teacups,bowls and plates are wonderfull too! Do you have to work all day 10 hours or do you also have some kind of weekend?!

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you so much! Yes. It’s not snowing here yet. We barely see snow in the winter. I work 8-9 hours in weekday, and I also work in the weekend when I have times.

[@Andrea-bu3vn]

@@WatajimaPottery Ahhhh... i see that sounds very hard! But you love what you are doing right?🙂🧡💙 So are you born in a family of potters or was it your own decision to be a potter? Sorry for so much questions!😅 I am living in a big city and working in a very artificially place with no sunligth or plants. So i am just curious about the way a craftsman lives in pure nature.💚

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you so much! Yes, I am enjoying pottery as my lifework. I'm not from potter family, so I started by myself since I am interested in pottery.

[@oscarguzman543]

Are all these greenware?

[@WatajimaPottery]

On this day, I finished the process up to drying without firing those works, but I will fire them on a later date.

[@ozanturku]

Hi from İstanbul What are biscuit and glaze firing degrees What is the reason red clay change colour turn grey İs there any differend material in the slip 😊

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you for your comment. Bisque firing is around 900℃ and glazing firing is 1245℃. It turns grey when the glaze contains lots of feldspars. I didn’t add any colors to the white slip.

[@ozanturku]

@@WatajimaPottery thanks ❤️

[@ozanturku]

You answered all my question you are so kind 🙏