Making soup cups Part 1 - Throwing and attaching the handle - Mishima Pottery Technique

I am a professional potter from Saga, Japan.
My specialty is Karatsu style "Mishima" technique.
I made two videos to introduce how to make soup cups.
In part 1, I throw the cups and attach the handles.
I hope you will enjoy watching.
0:00 Throwing
3:17 Making handle
5:00 Making inlays with stamps
5:45 Trimming
7:10 Attaching the handle
8:40 Finishing touch
Part 2:
Making soup cups - Part 2 - Slipping, Firing, Glazing
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Website: watajima.com
Instagram: / yasuhiro_watajima

[@annruel9142]

I like watching how you throw off the hump. Nice video,. Thanks for sharing

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Very neat. Thanks for sharing!

[@anawoods684]

Beautiful ❤

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you!

[@damonmanni]

Hello sir- your work is beautiful and your skills, workshop and your videos are so enjoyable to watch. My favorite is your soup cup parts 1 & 2. I have question: I see that you apply white slip both BEFORE and AFTER bisque firing. Why don’t you apply slip to the whole cup at once either before or after bisque firing? Also a separate question: Is your white slip considered a “flashing slip”? This kind of slip has more calcined kaolin in it to help it stick to the bisque-ware better. Thank you for sharing your beautiful work with the world.

[@WatajimaPottery]

Thank you. I apply white slip before and after bisque firing, depending on the piece. The reason I apply white slip after the bisque firing for this cup is that the cup has tiny patterns that are easily removed when I apply the "Zogan technique" before bisque firing. I explain the "Zogan technique" in the video below; please take a look if you're interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIKUk4Wsiryaa5o kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJDbfmV4odB4as0 My white slip doesn't actually have a very glossy texture by itself. They look shiny because I applied ash glaze over the white slip.

[@damonmanni]

Ah yes I see now. I see the 3 different approaches you are using to Zogan. So in the case of the soup cup you must have once tried applying the slip (like you did in the video) before bisque and when scraping it off found that it disturbed the imprint somehow and did not leave a clean, crisp result (like in the video). Thus to solve this issue you then took advantage of the Bisque firing result in which it leaves the imprints rigid and now are able to “hold” in the slip when applied. And also the bisque’d clay will absorb the liquid slip easily. Is my interpretation correct?

[@WatajimaPottery]

@@damonmanni Yes, that's right. Each zogan method has its characteristics, and I use them differently depending on the work.

[@lenicebatista157]

Lindo trabalho! Por favor, qual é essa argila??

[@WatajimaPottery]

Obrigado! Por favor, dê uma olhada no meu vídeo sobre argila. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZOpdKVjhtGjibM

[@yumikatakada1849]

とても可愛くて見入ってしまいました。秘密でしたら勿論結構ですが、印判の上に何か貼り付けておられるようなのですが、何をお使いか教えていただくことは叶いますでしょうか。こちら陶芸を自宅かつ趣味で始めて5ヶ月ばかりの超初心者ですが、独学で三島手に二回挑戦するも全く上手くいかず😅でも三島での器が大好きなので必ずマスターしたいと思います🥰

[@WatajimaPottery]

ご視聴ありがとうございます！印花の上は薄いゴムシートを被せてます。印花が汚れにくくなります。今後もいろんな動画を紹介していきたいと思います。よろしくお願いいたします。

[@yokoraz1]

素晴らしい動画を楽しんで拝見しています。ありがとうございます。 印花する際の黒い枕？みたいな押さえは、なんと言う呼び名でしょうか。また、中身はなんで出来ているか、差支えがなければ教えて下さい。