Japanese Pottery From Earth to Teahouse: The Full Journey of a Japanese Ceramic
Somewhere in Japan, on a hillside or a riverbed, there is clay that has not yet become anything. It has no shape, no his...
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Japanese Pottery 
Japanese Pottery Glaze and Fire: How Japanese Ceramics Get Their Character
Every piece of Japanese pottery eventually forces a choice: cover the clay in glaze, or leave it bare and let fire alone...
Japanese Pottery From Earth to Form: Clay Bodies and Shaping Techniques
Before a chawan has a shape, a glaze, or a firing history, it has a lump of clay — and everything that happens afterward...
Japanese Pottery Understanding Chawan: Shapes, Parts, and the Vocabulary of a Tea Bowl
Pick up two chawan side by side — one cylindrical and narrow, one wide and shallow — and before you've read a single mak...
Japanese Pottery How to Choose Japanese Pottery: A Beginner’s Collector’s Guide
How to Choose Japanese PotterySixteen regions and several centuries of technique can feel like a lot to hold in your hea...
Japanese Pottery The Six Ancient Kilns of Japan: A Complete Collector’s Guide
The Six Ancient Kilns of JapanBefore looking at the sixteen regions individually, it helps to understand a term that kee...
Japanese Pottery The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Pottery: 15 Traditional Ceramic Regions You Should Know
Hold a Japanese tea bowl up to the light and turn it slowly in your hands. The glaze thickens and thins unevenly across ...