Ping Wei Ikebana Art Studio

(1) Glaze: carbon trapped shino (2 views)     5"x5"x2.5"            $50 sold

(2) Glaze: pearl black (2 views)     5"x5"x2.5"              $50   sold

(3) Glaze: Shino, iron oxide (2 views)      5"x5"x2.5"            $50   sold

(4) Glaze: Shino, iron oxide (2 views)        5"x5"x2.5"           sold

(5) Glaze: carbon trapped shino, iron oxide          5"x5"x2.5"          sold

 
(6) Glaze: Shino, iron oxide              5"x5"x2.5"             sold

(7) Glaze: Shino                        5"x5"x2.5"                    $50   sold

(8) Glaze: Shino, bone ash                    5"x5"x2.5"           sold

(9) Glaze: Red Shino, iron oxide               5"x5"x2.5"                    sold

(10) Glaze: Pearl black                            5"x5"x3"                        $50

(11)  Glaze, Pearl balck                           5"x5"x3"                           $50

(12) Glaze: Carbon trapped shino, iron oxide      5"x5"x3"                    $50

(13) Glaze: Pearl black, iron oxide                    5"x5"x2.5"                    sold

Ceramic tea bowl, traditional Japanese style.

Fascinated about Japanese tea bowl, I first tried to make it on the throwing wheel. The results were not what I wanted. On a recent trip to San Francisco, I came across a ceramic technique book on raku tea bowl. It revealed the hand build technique. These are hand pinched tea bowl. After let it dry to leather hard, I use the shaping tools to get the desired shape. These are not raku fired. Instead, these, (1) and (2), are fired cone 10 reduction in a gas kiln. 

Also inspired by the contemporary tea bowls, i use potter's wheel to throw bowls, with rather thick walls. After let them dry to leather hard, I trim and carve the wall to the desired shapes.