I have been doing bonsai for a long time but then I discovered something new: Kusamono, Grass Bonsai. On my first journey to Japan I was lucky and could visit the small garden of Fumiko Kato – from my point of view the best in the small Kusamono world. Since then I am addicted. Sometimes it was not so easy to get the pots I wanted to have so I started making pots for myself. Every now and then I could also sell some of my pots although they were not meant for sale. At the end of last year I decided to go one step further: I put photos of all my pots on my webpage for sale.
Please find some pots here which I found quite interesting.
More information about Kusamono and more photos of Pots you will find on my website.
Carlos
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Lovely pots Carlos, thank you for sharing them with us.
Regarding your website, would you mind posting a link so we can check it out?
Regards,
Steven
Regarding your website, would you mind posting a link so we can check it out?
Regards,
Steven
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Here is the link to my website KUSAMONO
You can find here a lot of information about Kusamono, Grass Bonsai:
http://www.kusamono.ch
You can find here a lot of information about Kusamono, Grass Bonsai:
http://www.kusamono.ch
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Re: From the Takahama Kiln
Carlos....lovely work!!
I particularly like Tak 258. When I first saw this pot I immediately thought 'wood firing' but am I right in thinking that it was produced in an electric kiln? If I'm right, I'd love to be a fly on your wall!
Thanks for showing these inspirational pots,
Pat.
I particularly like Tak 258. When I first saw this pot I immediately thought 'wood firing' but am I right in thinking that it was produced in an electric kiln? If I'm right, I'd love to be a fly on your wall!
Thanks for showing these inspirational pots,
Pat.
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Re: From the Takahama Kiln
Lovely pots.... I like the golden one, the second picture...wonderful edge. If I had the room I would collect pots instead of hiding them in a cupboard. But so nice to look at and lust after...
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Re: From the Takahama Kiln
tak122 is/was one of the favourite of mine. But it is already sold.
All the pots are fired at 1260 degrees C. in an electric kiln. Unfortunately I don't have a gas kiln or wood firing.
But in between I do some glaze experiments and testings and sometimes the result is ok.
As I do most of the glazing by pouring the glaze over the pots – thickness varies and the overlapping parts are also different.
Therefore some of the pots are really very special and unique and it is almost impossibe to get exactly the same effect again.
But for me it is perfectly ok. That's my way. It is not my intention to reproduce the pot shape, the texture and the glaze again and again.
Carlos
All the pots are fired at 1260 degrees C. in an electric kiln. Unfortunately I don't have a gas kiln or wood firing.
But in between I do some glaze experiments and testings and sometimes the result is ok.
As I do most of the glazing by pouring the glaze over the pots – thickness varies and the overlapping parts are also different.
Therefore some of the pots are really very special and unique and it is almost impossibe to get exactly the same effect again.
But for me it is perfectly ok. That's my way. It is not my intention to reproduce the pot shape, the texture and the glaze again and again.
Carlos
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