New pot with uneven reduction effects

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Howdy, I'm happy to share this pot I pulled out of the kiln yesterday. The red color comes from copper being reduced by the kiln flame. After playing with this glaze for the last year I dialed in where to place pots to get the desired reduction.

I think it would work great for a Japanese maple (in fall?) or a Chinese quince or princess persimmon. What's convenient is that both a right-facing or left-facing tree would work. Now I just need need the finished tree!

This is 18 x 13 x 3.5 inches

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That is a nice size pot with a beautiful glaze. Very nice. Very nice indeed.

Do you sell any of your pots? Please post a link to your website if you do sell your pottery.

Thank you very much, glad you like it. I am going to make a few variations on it to soften it a bit. Maybe round the corners or make it ovoid.

I do sell from time to time. My terrible website is https://tokutakebonsai.blogspot.com/
 

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You should be proud of your work.
I like it. Others certainly do, also.

How does one buy your work?
Your web site doesn't have a store.
There is no indication of what you expect someone to pay for your work.
You accept commissions?

Gotta put yourself 'out there'.
You should put your work 'out there'.
 

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You should be proud of your work.
I like it. Others certainly do, also.

How does one buy your work?
Your web site doesn't have a store.
There is no indication of what you expect someone to pay for your work.
You accept commissions?

Gotta put yourself 'out there'.
You should put your work 'out there'.

That's very kind of you, thank you.

I mostly sell in person through my local bonsai club, but I do accept commissions, especially if the project is interesting or unique. I can be reached through the website contact form.
I will get a store set up soon. All the best
 

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That's very kind of you, thank you.

I mostly sell in person through my local bonsai club, but I do accept commissions, especially if the project is interesting or unique. I can be reached through the website contact form.
I will get a store set up soon. All the best
very nice work. Love the sizes and glazes. Get the store set up!
 

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New stuff from June. I welcome your constructive feedback but I'm not looking to make sales unless noted.

25"x18"x1" forest tray. This is a new glaze I developed myself. The dark patch was where the flame hit the pot.
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15"x13"x7" yixing style box with uneven reduction. The flame causes the red patterning, you can see it swirling. I made this for fun and I don't know if any tree could pair with it.
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Nice job, I really like the red swirly one.
 

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Nice!
I can see a bougie in this.

15"x13"x7" yixing style box with uneven reduction. The flame causes the red patterning, you can see it swirling. I made this for fun and I don't know if any tree could pair with it.
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Looked at you site and I am impressed. I really love the off white glaze, but I love all your pots.
 

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I really love the off white glaze, but I love all your pots.
Thanks, I also love off-white glazes but you are the first to share that sentiment. I get a lot of requests for dark blue and green...
 

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Amazing work, very nice pots!
Congrats, and please keep sharing them here.
 

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Thanks, I also love off-white glazes but you are the first to share that sentiment. I get a lot of requests for dark blue and green...
I hear that. Most of the ones that I sell fastest are blue and then green.
 

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Howdy, I'm happy to share this pot I pulled out of the kiln yesterday. The red color comes from copper being reduced by the kiln flame. After playing with this glaze for the last year I dialed in where to place pots to get the desired reduction.

I think it would work great for a Japanese maple (in fall?) or a Chinese quince or princess persimmon. What's convenient is that both a right-facing or left-facing tree would work. Now I just need need the finished tree!

This is 18 x 13 x 3.5 inches

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I love this pot because of the attention to details. Separately, I love the glaze. However I don't think the glaze goes with the pot. The pot is extremely formal with sharp angles, flat surfaces, and small feet. Very masculine. However the colored glaze is very feminine. The two don't (in my opinion) work with one another. You would not, for example, put a Japanese maple in a formal angular pot like this. You would not take a formal Japanese black pine and plant it in a pot with this glaze (though the pot shape by itself would be perfect for a formal pine).
 

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I love this pot because of the attention to details. Separately, I love the glaze. However I don't think the glaze goes with the pot. The pot is extremely formal with sharp angles, flat surfaces, and small feet. Very masculine. However the colored glaze is very feminine. The two don't (in my opinion) work with one another. You would not, for example, put a Japanese maple in a formal angular pot like this. You would not take a formal Japanese black pine and plant it in a pot with this glaze (though the pot shape by itself would be perfect for a formal pine).
I could picture a formal Trident maple or hornbeam in this.
 
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