Wheel Thrown

Wheel Thrown

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Contemporary studio ceramics photography

Photographs contemporary studio ceramics — hand-thrown and altered forms, ash glazes, wood-fire flashing, tenmoku and celadon surfaces, the beauty of functional objects on natural linen and weathered wood.

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A set of four mismatched hand-thrown mugs in ash glaze arranged on a linen cloth
A row of small pinch pots drying on a wooden shelf, raw clay surface
A single large thrown vase with dripping tenmoku glaze against a white plaster w
Overhead view of a wide celadon bowl with glaze pooling deep at the foot
A pair of yunomi tea cups with wood-fire flashing marks side by side on rough wo
A hand resting lightly on the shoulder of a spinning wet pot on the wheel
A tall pitcher with a pulled handle, unglazed terracotta with red flashing
A single oil bottle in shino glaze with rust spots on a dark slate surface
Close-up of a thrown rim where the finger marks are clearly visible in the clay
An overhead arrangement of five ceramic side plates, each with a different ash g
A hand-built slab dish with impressed leaf patterns, fired in earthenware red
A ceramic colander with punched holes, raw stoneware, drying upside down on a ra
Macro close-up of a tenmoku glaze surface — brown pooling into near-black
A large mixing bowl with a poured white slip interior and dark stoneware exterio
Three sake cups in a celadon glaze lined up on a bamboo mat
A wood-fired tea bowl with heavy ash deposit and orange flash marks
A collection of ceramic spoons in varying ash glazes spread on a dark wood surfa
An overhead view of a pottery studio shelf — rows of bisque-fired pieces waiting
A small pouring vessel with a kinked spout and ash glaze drip, on rough linen
Close-up of the foot of a thrown bowl trimmed clean, showing the turned clay rin
A set of four mismatched hand-thrown mugs in ash glaze arranged on a linen cloth
A single large thrown vase with dripping tenmoku glaze against a white plaster w
A hand resting lightly on the shoulder of a spinning wet pot on the wheel
A single oil bottle in shino glaze with rust spots on a dark slate surface
An overhead arrangement of five ceramic side plates, each with a different ash g
A ceramic colander with punched holes, raw stoneware, drying upside down on a ra
A large mixing bowl with a poured white slip interior and dark stoneware exterio
A collection of ceramic spoons in varying ash glazes spread on a dark wood surfa
An overhead view of a pottery studio shelf — rows of bisque-fired pieces waiting
Close-up of the foot of a thrown bowl trimmed clean, showing the turned clay rin
A row of small pinch pots drying on a wooden shelf, raw clay surface
Overhead view of a wide celadon bowl with glaze pooling deep at the foot
A pair of yunomi tea cups with wood-fire flashing marks side by side on rough wo
A tall pitcher with a pulled handle, unglazed terracotta with red flashing
Close-up of a thrown rim where the finger marks are clearly visible in the clay
A hand-built slab dish with impressed leaf patterns, fired in earthenware red
Macro close-up of a tenmoku glaze surface — brown pooling into near-black
Three sake cups in a celadon glaze lined up on a bamboo mat
A wood-fired tea bowl with heavy ash deposit and orange flash marks
A small pouring vessel with a kinked spout and ash glaze drip, on rough linen

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