A cat and a sea otter chopstick holder.猫箸置きとラッコ箸置き

Continuously I tried to make chopstick holder which shape of a cat and a sea otter.
It depends on the color,looks different.
You can use it as a spoon holder.

"Putting a cat on the edge of dishes"what I made the other day is also able to use as for it.
There are a lot of small animals on the table.

ふち猫に引き続き猫箸置きとラッコ箸置きを作ってみました。
色によって全然違って見えます。
お箸だけでなく、スプーン置きとしても使えます。
先日作った、ふち猫も横に寝かせたら箸置きにもなりました。
テーブルの上が小さな動物たちでいっぱいです。

A pleasure to make pottery.陶芸の楽しみ。

When all as said that a pleasure of potteries is you can use potteries what you made freely in your daily life.
If you have an idea to use dish or something,you can make it soon.
And it completely dry.
It is baked about 800 degree in a kiln.
You put graze on it.
Finally these are baked about 1250 degree.

Several days later,you need to waite cool down the temperature,you open the kiln.
It is most exiting moment to see the baked potteries.
Sometimes you could get beautiful color of these works what you unexpected.
Fire could be made irregular color.

The last picture is card stand of hand shape.This is my favorite.

何と言っても陶芸の楽しみは、粘土で自由に形を作ったものを日々の生活の中で使えることだと思います。
まず、こんな器、または物を作りたいと思ったら粘土ですぐに形にできます。
次に、それを完全に乾かします。
８００度で素焼きをして、釉薬をかけます。
最後に１２５０度くらいで焼成します。
数日後に（窯の温度が下がるのをまちます。）窯のふたをあけます。
この瞬間が最もワクワクするときではないでしょうか。
時には思ってもいない綺麗な色が出でいたりします。
陶芸制作の最後は火が作ってくれるとも言えるような気がします。
最後の写真は手の形をしたカードスタンドです。なかなか便利ですよ。

Chock full of food. てんこ盛りの料理

As I wrote here before,thinking food what I make is fun.
After cooking dinner, sometimes I take a photo of the dishes.
However,these picture are something slightly different with one which people take it.

A way of putting food on the plate is not beautiful. These are poorly visible.
That is to say I put foods on the plate too much. It is chock full of foods on it. I do so in spite of myself.

Sometimes I was told my friends"it's not much to look at dishes you made."
Although of course I know...
I cook every day and washing dishes and putting left into the fridge.
It is a daily routine,so I put foods on the plate too much again. Sorry.

以前、ここでどんな食べ物を作ろうかと考えるのは楽しい　と書きました。
時々、自分で作った器に自分で作った料理をのせて写真をとったりします。 と、よく見てみると、、よく見かける料理の写真とは何かちょっと違います。
お料理が美しくないんです。見た目が悪いというか...
つまり、これは料理を載せ過ぎなんですね。つい私がやってしまう料理がてんこ盛り、、。
よく陶芸教室の生徒さんや、友達に言われます。「お料理載せ過ぎで見栄えがわるいわねえ。」
はい、分かってはいるのですが、毎日ご飯作るし、お皿洗って、残り物を冷蔵庫に入れて、、、を繰り返してるとですね つい...。
駄目ですね、ごめんなさい。

A cat made of pottery. ふち猫

I tried to made a cat who put on the edge of a cup.
It is a pottery. That is one of the items which is getting popular in Japan.
It's known Hutineko,as same as Ms,Hutikoふち子さん is a women who put on the edge of a cup.
That is a toy in Japan. I would say a cup is hang with a cat rather than putting it on.

Basically you can not buy it a shop.
Do you know "Gatya pon"ガチャポン？I need to explain about that.

"Gatya pon" is a vending machine to get a toy for little kids in Japan.The small toy is in plastic ball.
The name is the sound when the ball would be moving out of the machine.
There are so many sort of toys in it.Ms,Hutiko and Hutineko are some of these toys what are popular.
Of course these are not made of pottery.

So how use it?
It is no use. It would be just for playing.
You can hang it any cup and enjoy to see it. It's a cute.

今回はちょっと陶器で「ふち猫」を 作ってみました。
日本ではよく知られているガチャポンという機械で手に入れることが出来る「ふち子さん」というおもちゃをご存知ですか？
コップなどの縁にひっかけて遊ぶ、それだけのおもちゃで、それの猫バージョンです。
ちまたで見る物はほとんどがプラスチックで、あまり陶器の物は見かけないなと思い作ってみました。
何に使えるわけでもないのですが、テーブルの上に置いてあるとなんとなく楽しいですね。

Pottery class. 陶芸教室

I was said to some friends "It's hard to read English." So I decided to write English and Japanese both.
These are lots of potteries what students made. Everyone enjoy to make it and looking forward to use it.
And it's a pleasure to think what dishes would you serve on it.
The real thrill of pottery is that you can expect what the color of it unexpected when you apply glaze.
I think that it's an important things not to make sculptures and potteries as you like too much.
数人の方から英語だと読みにくいと言われましたので、英語と日本語の両方で書いてみることにしました。
この沢山の陶器は　うちの陶芸教室の生徒さんの作品です。皆さん楽しんで作っていらっしゃいます。
また出来上がりにどんな料理をのせるか考えるのもたのしみですね。
陶芸の醍醐味は予想していなかった素敵な色に焼き上がること　もあることでしょうか。
彫刻も陶芸も自分の思い通りに作ろうと思いすぎない方がよいのかもしれないと考えたりしています。

The vase of strange shape.

This is a vase made of clay. These are put four ball on by on.
I wanted to make strange shape. Making things of clay is free.
You can make anything what you want.
How about to try one ?

A cat of still bank

This is a still bank made of pottery.
I put only 500 yen coin into it.
If it will be filled to the capacity, would I crash it ?
No, I don't want to break it.
So how can I take it out ?
I try to think about it until to be filled coins.

The easiest a way to make a dish.

Put some of the clay on the table.
Put the clay with your palm to pat it moderately flat.

Put two thin wooden boards of the same thickness on both sides of the clay.
And put rolling pin on that.

Roll the stick on the clay until the clay becomes the same thickness with the wooden boards.

This is the plaster mold.
Put the clay on the mold.
Make the shape along it.
Leave it there for several minutes to dry it moderately.

Several minutes later, turn it over.
Take the mold off the clay.
You can adjust the shape that you want to make.
It's all done. Shall we make it ?

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.

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.

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.

Potato baker.

This is a potato baker. Put some potato or sweet potato into the baker. And set afire it on a range. Thirty minutes later, you'll be able to eat delicious baked sweet potato. It made of heat-resistance clay.

おちょこ

As Ｉ mention about him before, one of friends fired these in his a climbing kiln. It's called Japanese "おちょこ". You can use it when you drink Japanese "Sake".