This enormous dish is thrown from 30 pounds of clay! Svend Bayer reveals the inspiration behind the decoration of this wonderful charger and his happy discovery of the affects of his wood fired kiln on a kaki glaze.
Hamada
In Conversation | Warren MacKenzie | Part 2
Warren Mackenzie continues his conversation with fellow potter Randy Johnston. MacKenzie looks back at time spent with Bernard Leach in St Ives. They discuss the influence of Japanese ceramics and the importance of making affordable functional ware.
Bending the Rules of Tradition
At the very end of the main street in Mashiko there is a three-way junction. To the right is the road to Kasama, a neighbouring town also known for its pottery; to the left, the Town Hall and the bus stop for the (very early) bus to Tokyo. Straight ahead is a quiet country lane … Read more
In Conversation | Warren MacKenzie | Part 1
Legendary potter Warren MacKenzie in conversation with former pupil, and potter Randy Johnston. They reminisce about MacKenzie’s early teaching days and Johnston’s first wood kiln.
Inspire Me | Randy Johnston | Important Pots
In his studio surrounded by the snow-clad Wisconsin countryside Randy Johnston reminisces whilst turning foot-rings on yunomi. He contemplates the long-lived aspect of a ceramic object; transcending generations and reaching across time and space. Johnston remembers anecdotes told by Warren MacKenzie about the beginnings of his apprenticeship with Bernard Leach and the 1953 tour of the US by Leach and Hamada and it’s impact upon American ceramics.
In Focus | Painting with Metal: Phil Rogers on Korean ‘Buncheong’ Pottery
Almost from the very beginning of my professional life as a potter I have been drawn toward Korean ceramics. Buncheong is a contemporary term that describes a dynamic, bold and strangely modern ceramic type that was made throughout the Korean peninsula during the first 200 years of the Joson Dynasty (roughly the 15th and 16th centuries). … Read more