Trinkets and Videos

HenriekeIStrecker (October 24th, 2008 @ 7:09 pm)

Thank you so much. I would like to see/know more about the technique. I just started pottery.

sleachpots (October 4th, 2008 @ 3:48 am)

Excellent stuff !!- please lets have MORE ! SL

bhairava2 (July 21st, 2008 @ 1:10 pm)

Wonderful! Perfect gesture without any tension. Many thanks for the video, i couldnt imagine to see one day Hamada at work.

guywolff (June 7th, 2008 @ 1:29 am)

I love Hamada's throwing a lot.One interesting point to watch for. In Japan the wheel is going clockwise so the leading strong Right hand (if Hamada is right handed)is on the inside of the pot. In the west the leading right hand is on the outside of the pot. This makes quite a difference . All the best , guy wolff

elshisu (May 29th, 2008 @ 6:14 pm)

Before the electric is the kick wheel, but even before that is just a very slow turning of the piece in an almost fix surface. All three ways have a deep effect on the result, but all three are still alive today and some people still prefer to use not even a kick or stick wheel, for instance in the southwest (USA) or in many parts of Mexico. As for myself I have tried all except the electric wheel. When it comes to writing I like handwriting and computer, not the typewriter.

chopin65 (April 25th, 2008 @ 12:05 am)

Thank you. Again I see a relationship in the way a technology shapes the artist craft. Writing on the computer often means more revisions and in a smaller space of time. This video is so fascinating. You can move and alter text in ways not possible with hand writing or using a type writer. Old school writers attach a sense of nostalgia to using typewriters, but I think they are more cumbersome.

onomatchi (April 24th, 2008 @ 12:47 pm)

The electric wheel gives the potter more fine control over the piece they are throwing, while a momentum wheel with it's constantly changing speed promotes a more flowing or organic nature to the finished piece

chopin65 (April 24th, 2008 @ 12:18 am)

What difference does an electric wheel have on the outcome of the form? Is there an appreciable difference in how it affects the process? I ask because I am a writer and switched from a typewriter to a computer and it had a huge impact on my writing.

sepand123456 (April 14th, 2008 @ 3:06 am)

im new to throwing, what does the stick do?

drdanthedjman (February 21st, 2008 @ 1:48 pm)

teah lot of the master korean japanese potters throw that way its kind of a heritage and wheels there basickly all go ne direction my past teacher has a master fine arts degree and learned from some of the grand masters that were around about awhile ago she taught the korean way if u learn it its makes things so much more simpiler while throwing

KenshinForever (January 30th, 2008 @ 10:04 pm)

i love shoji hamada!

Joey8sammy (January 24th, 2008 @ 10:53 pm)

I was really quite surprised to see the enclosed top for a hot water bottle after several minutes of raising/lowering and sorting out a lip on the bottle form which I thought went rather wrong and then a change of plan seemed to appear. Interesting to see SH's thoughts evolve as perhaps, as I stand to be corrected, pots just evolve.