Watch our new 15 minute film as Japanese potter Takeshi Yasuda makes one of his signature celadon glazed, porcelain vases. ‘Not many potters would realise what I’m doing,’ he says as he constructs his vase in 3 parts, thrown upside down. Filmed in his studio, located in the porcelain capital of the world Jingdezhen, China, this film of Yasuda goes a little way to revealing why he is one of the most inventive potters working today.
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What colour do you see, when you look at the heart of this celadon pot by Svend Bayer? Between the scallop shells, where the warm, yellow-grey glaze cools and illumes into this beautiful glassy pool. Do you see green, or do you see blue? Celadon is a complicated colour word (are there any that are … Read more
Talking Pots | Svend Bayer | Celadon Glaze
Celadon glaze transformed in Svend Bayer’s wood fired kiln to give this jar a sensational surface of contrasted colour and texture. Svend explains how he achieves these striking effects.
Talking Pots | Svend Bayer | Pitchers or Jugs
Svend Bayer talks about the most important shape he makes, the pitcher or jug. Heavily influenced by Michael Cardew’s North Devonshire pitchers, Bayer talks about the necessity for the shape of the handle to follow that which the hand makes when it picks up a pitcher. He also talks briefly about celadon glaze and wood firing.