Making glaze

Usually I buy some glaze available. Sometimes I make it by burn the trees what I cut in my yard. I'm going to make glaze made of cherry blossom tree's ash. It can expect irregular pattern in the dish, not colorful, subdued texture and view. It looks like Bizen ware, Japanese old pottery. The pleasure of pottery is in the fire finishes it. It's kind of the power of nature.

Hibachi brazier （火鉢 ひばち）and fishes （秋刀魚 さんま）

These are a charcoal brazier hibachi（火鉢　ひばち) and grilled fishes on the charcoal stove(七輪 しちりん）. Speaking of autumn, it is it in Japan. The fishes さんま has plenty of fat. You can eat it with grated radish and fresh lemon and soy sauce. This is a best combination. And during the winter,you can eat baked rice cake（餅 もち） on the hibachi brazier. It's a warm and delicious.

Japanese's bad habit.

I often hear many families who lives in Fukushima can't evacuate. Why don't they evacuate from Fukushima ? Some say neighbors blame those who are going to do evacuating. Japanese blame a person who derange their harmony. I know that harmony of relationship with their neighborhood is important. However this is something life-thretening to their children. Mind your own business. Why they don't make mention of an individual person. They should allow in their beliefs that they have an obligation to protect their children.

ぼんさいのはち（盆栽鉢）

This is a"Ume" tree of Bonsai(ぼんさい　盆栽）. Bonsai is miniature potted plant. It can enjoy the form to cut the branch. One of members of pottery's class made it. There are two lizard(made of clay) on the edge of the pot. Did you notice?

Card stand

This is a post card stand. It's a little bit scaring, but it's convenience.

School bullying.

It won't be long before the end of the autumn,the winter comes. One of my jobs is teaching high school as part time Art teacher. The students are connected to their friends. They act as a group all day long, even if they don't want to be with them. If someone falls away from the group, he/she might be bullied by friends. It looks like everybody is there under unavoidable circumstance. The other hand, students who bully someone might have serious problems in their family. I don't allow myself to speak only fine words when I talk about people who grew up at the bottom of society. It's a complicated things. Even though a teacher can't bear their life, I think I want to help them as much as possible.

Choosing dishes

When you have a dinner or lunch, do you think which dish do you chose depends on each meal? What is measure choosing it, color, texture of the material and season. That moment is one of amenities of life.