Tea Cups

One of the most enjoyable forms for me to through lately. They are actually small bowls with a dimple. The dimple makes holding them more comfortable.

New Idea

I have this constant feeling I have to come up with new, refreshing and different pots. I'm not sure what I think of this, is this good? is this progress? or whether I should stay and go in deeper into shapes and glazes i already found?Anyway, to make things a little more interesting I decided to play with the shino and temmoku glazes - in and out of a bowl. Here is the result.

White Shino

This bowl is glazed with Malcom's shino without the 6% red art clay, its affect is a white glossy shino with carbon traps.

Kfar Vradim Fair

We are coming towards the end of our holiday season which started with the New Year and the fast of Kippur ,followed by Succot and tomorrow Simchat Tora. It is a time of family and many dinners, Autumn rain and fairs. This year I participated for the first time in the 'Kfar Vradim' ceramic fair in the north of the country. It was a pleasure meeting up with the different potters and ceramic artists. A pleasure seeing Aileen Lev and Noa Segal from Yodfat, standing next to the wonderful Ida Michaeli, Dalia Oz and Rachel Stoller, chatting with Meir Mohavan, Marcel Klein, Lori and Sharon, choosing one of my tea cups for Ronit Zur, meeting new and old customers and having the support and company of my dear family. I am beginning the season of winter feeling blessed, full of new ideas and joy - thanks to all of you.

Happy New Year

Tomorrow we will be celebrating the Jewish new year. It has been a year of hard work and progress, of new lessons and new friends. May you all have a good and sweet year, a year filled with joy and fulfilment.

Plate of Glazes

Here is a colection of glazes I use. from left to right:
top row: yellow salt, yellow seto, white shino
middle row: ash , Tom's temmoku, Malcom's shino
bottem row: mamo, ash, Harris blue

Hands At Work

Some pictures my friend Orly took.

Window Display At 'Cadim' Gallery

'Cadim' gallery in the center of Jerusalem is a cooperative of 15 local potters. every month we rotate our place of display so that every one gets a fair exposure. This month is my turn displaying my pots in the window. Hope to have good sales - you are all invited.

Raku Firing

Yesterday on a very hot day, along with two friends - a raku firing. I managed to test only three out of the five glazes I planned. It was a really hot day and a day of much learning. I get reminded that every small detail is important - the height of the shelf in the kiln, the angle of the burner, the amount of oxygen coming in, and the importance of a full gas tank. It's a very intense and powerful experience. Yesterday evening I was sure that my appetite for raku was satisfied for many months, this morning I'm already planning the next firing...

Here are some results:

'gold raku' was the last batch to be fired and an interesting result.

'Dalya's raku' which was applied a bit too thick and did not reach the optimal temperature.

pink raku' that also did not reach the right temperature and did not fully open.

Raku Glazes

Pots glazed in five different Raku glazes - large crackles, small crackles, gold, pink and clear pink - waiting to be fired...