Accent Pot Video
For my cinematic debut I've created a silent Short entitled 'Accent Pot Video'. Watch for it at Sundance, and in the meantime maybe you'll want to pop some popcorn. Okay, so it's only a minute and forty-four seconds. Spielberg, Cameron, Bergman, and Hitchcock had to start somewhere.
I'm demonstrating the simplicity of the most basic way to create pottery, known to man for thousands of years and still just as effective. No wheel, no mold, just a ball of clay and a pair of hands. The shape and length of the fingers to some extent will determine the width and depth of the pot. The natural curve of the hands develop the walls of the vessel. This style is sometimes called a 'pinch pot', but like pinching junipers, it is a certain kind of pinching. A proper pot for growing accent plants or mame, will of course have a hole at the bottom, and may or may not have feet to raise it off the bench. The water always seems to escape somehow with these little pots. So without further adieu, I present this brief little demonstration:
I'm demonstrating the simplicity of the most basic way to create pottery, known to man for thousands of years and still just as effective. No wheel, no mold, just a ball of clay and a pair of hands. The shape and length of the fingers to some extent will determine the width and depth of the pot. The natural curve of the hands develop the walls of the vessel. This style is sometimes called a 'pinch pot', but like pinching junipers, it is a certain kind of pinching. A proper pot for growing accent plants or mame, will of course have a hole at the bottom, and may or may not have feet to raise it off the bench. The water always seems to escape somehow with these little pots. So without further adieu, I present this brief little demonstration:
Once the clay has dried thoroughly, I'll brush on a glaze and it bakes in the kiln at somewhere between 2185 - 2381°Fahrenheit (1196 - 1305°Centigrade) depending on the clay and the effect desired. The finished pot is frost proof and hard as a rock (maybe why they call it stoneware), and for a small group of collectors from the San Jose area, comes with a lifetime guarantee against breakage (send me an email to inquire about the special terms of the lifetime guarantee).
If you'd like to see more videos, I highly recommend the wonderful series by Lindsay Farr of Melbourne, available for free on his website bonsai farm.tv The videos are filmed all over the world and cover a broad range of bonsai topics. It's a wonderful mini vacation and full of inspiration. I will hastily admit his videos have a much higher production value and even include dialogue... that show-off.
Here are a few with various shapes and glazes:
Posted by Michelle at 1/20/2010 3:39 PM 
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Tags: clay accent ceramic shohin bonsai pot handmade
WOW! Cool.
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COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
more..more..more..more haha
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