Teabowl wrapped in kombu (seaweed), awaiting anagama firing
Teabowls and vessels in a sagger, awaiting anagama firing
Glazed pieces loaded into the anagama, awaiting firing
Anagama firing
Reduction cooling the anagama
The anagama stoking door, post-firing
Anagama kiln, post firing and ready to unload. The large vessel was buried under the ash during firing, the ash bed burning down during reduction cooling, leaving the high line of the ash bed on the surface of the work.
Shigaraki Inlay Moon (greenware)
Red Raku Bloom vessels, slipped with an iron-rich slip
Red Raku Bloom vessels cooling after being reduced in rice husk
Black raku teabowl just pulled from the kiln
Raku chawan cooling after being fired
The first minigama in the studio at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park
Handmade minigama in the process of firing with mangrove charcoal
The first minigama firing, works amidst ash and embers prior to unloading
Iron Inlay Bowl, as pulled from the charcoal kiln
The beginnings of a pit-firing
Pit-firing in progress
Extracting works from the ashes of the pit-firing
Pit-fired works
Handmade minigama in the process of firing with mangrove charcoal
