About 5" in diameter. Matcha would be whisked in the bowl. Search chawan for all sorts of examples and chanoyu for more context re: Japanese Tea Ceremony

Faceting is in the ALT, probably why it matched. The bowl is carved to add seven faces. Those faces are textured, which obscures the faces somewhat, but they are there.

Front of teabowl with crawling glaze and finger marks.

Back of teabowl.

Foot of teabowl showing wadding marks.

Mino style bowl using 100% unprocessed Cameron clay from North Carolina, and a simple shino-like glaze. Woodfired @starworksnc.bsky.social

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Front right view of sculpture. Measures 12" tall. Results were not at all what I expected, but really interesting nonetheless.

Front left view of sculpture. Work in progress is about ten times the overall volume of this piece.

Detail of inside surface. Cracking and peeling of the applied slip was not intended but gives a really nice effect.

Detail view of inside surface. Surprising variety in colors ranging from greens to purples. No glaz was applied, this is just wood ash.

Test piece from the last woodfire. On display at "The Dark Show" July 19 - August 23.

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Firing a piece 10x its size in two weeks. Time at Starworks is passing fast.

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Grid of nine chawan from which I'll select three for submission to the 2025 Teabowl National.

For your consideration. Three of these will be submitted to the Kansas City Clay Guild Teabowl National. Help me select the three.

#teabowl #chawan #teaceremony #tbn2025 #teabowlnational2025 #茶碗 #茶の湯

@kienka-suigularity.bsky.social thanks for the repost 🙏

It's pretty wild. Lots of things to look at. Kiln gods had fun with this one.

Side of bowl showing a red stripe where the surface transitions from smooth to cratered.

Front of teabowl showing the moon-like cratering in the glaze. I had to do a lot of cleanup with a grinder to make the surface smooth enough to use.

Back of chawan with mottled glossy black glaze. Gorgeous variation in this surface.

Kodai of the chawan with spiral detail.

Raku-style bowl. "Dark Side of the Moon". Lots of mixed feelings about this one.

#tea #teaceremony #chawan #matchawan #rakuchawan #raku #sadō #chanoyu #楽 #茶碗 #茶の湯

I saw it! Beautiful work. Great to see in person.

I'm working the NCECA merch table all week, swing by and say hi!

Cool to see your work at NCECA! Beautiful!

Thank you Mark!

Front of teabowl with prominent glaze drip.

The foot was carved to be slightly concave, an intentional reference to some of the famous Korean Ido bowls.

Another view of the carved foot.

There are a few glaze defects that will have to be addressed with lacquer and gold, but the end result will be worth the effort.

Teabowl. Black clay with wood ash nuka. Hand formed thick and carved. Thinking about which bowls I want to submit to the KC Clay Guild Teabowl National and this style seems right as it feels like my own. Interested in your thoughts.

#tea #matcha #teabowl #chawan #茶碗 #teaceremony #chanoyu #茶の湯

Yes, please. Donated.

But so worth it

Thanks for the advice on the drying. Looking forward to trying it and the porcelain.

Curious to hear how it throws. Looks like good trimming textures. I'll be at Starworks June - August and looking forward to using this clay.

Front of chawan. Two characteristics of Raku bowls I love are the "waist " and the slightly turned-in rim. The rim isn't actually turned in much, it is just left thick and beveled. Leaving the rim thick helps with balance also.

Interior of the chawan. Really good citrus skin texture on this one.

Foot of the chawan. A spiral in the kodai is traditional, but I opted for a backwards yin-yang. The choice was unconscious, but appropriate. I formed this bowl while experiencing a huge disruption to my personal life.

I taught a Raku-style teabowl workshop these last two weekends. The result of a lot of clay testing, glaze formulation and learning the best way to fire our kiln. Much to my relief, the work paid off and each of the students' bowls came out great.

#raku #kuroraku #rakujawan #chawan #teaceremony #茶碗

Thank you 🙏

Yeah, definitely learned a lot. Grateful he is willing to share so much of his knowledge and techniques.

Right quarter view of sculpture. The glaze combo I used -- a fake blue ash and iron saturate -- gives a really interesting contemporary Oribe look.

Front view of sculpture. I really like the soft organic folding near the base.

Left quarter view of sculpture. Texture created by adding a lot of silica and intentionally wedging air into the clay.

Kurinuki demo piece for my intermediate handbuilding class. If it resembles Satake or Matsuzaki, you wouldn't be wrong; I took some workshops with them. Fun glaze combo gives something Oribe-ish. More rabbit holes to explore.

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