One of my favorite pots

[Dav4]

A few shohin pots... just have to grow the trees, now.
First, a very nice shiro cochi cascade with wonderful patina

Here is a Wajaku rectangle, a deceased potter who carved his pots from a block of solid clay.

This is a very nice rectangle by Ryuen, another deceased Japanese potter who carved his pots from blocks of solid clay.

 

[Dav4]

This is a pot I've had for a bit... a nakawatari shudei clay shohin from the Testsu Gakken kiln. Wonderful patina on this one.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Glad you're keeping the lights on at the Ouwinga house!

 

[Dav4]

Glad you're keeping the lights on at the Ouwinga house!

I'd say you have no idea, but I know you do. That shudei clay pot I've owned for a few years but the others were acquired last week.... and what can I say- Matt had them priced to sell!

 

[Dav4]

Oh, and it's @Adair M 's fault. I wasn't too interested in shohin until I saw a few of his trees. Now, I'm hooked. My back will thank him in a few years, but my wallet won't....

 

[JudyB]

Oh, and it's @Adair M 's fault. I wasn't too interested in shohin until I saw a few of his trees. Now, I'm hooked. My back will thank him in a few years, but my wallet won't....

Hey if you get too far gone I know where you can offload some of your large pots!!

 

[JudyB]

This is a pot I've had for a bit... a nakawatari shudei clay shohin from the Testsu Gakken kiln. Wonderful patina on this one.View attachment 140971
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damn, thats a beauty.

 

[Adair M]

Oh, and it's @Adair M 's fault. I wasn't too interested in shohin until I saw a few of his trees. Now, I'm hooked. My back will thank him in a few years, but my wallet won't....

Oh... and it gets worse, Dave! As you know, it takes a lot of little trees to make a decent Shohin display. All different trees, different movement, in different pots, and then there's stands! You have to aquire a zillion little stands to get the trees to be all at different levels, and they all have to be different...

And we won't even get started on scrolls!!!

 

[M. Frary]

Oh, and it's @Adair M 's fault. I wasn't too interested in shohin until I saw a few of his trees. Now, I'm hooked. My back will thank him in a few years, but my wallet won't....

@Smoke got me thinking shohin.

 

[Nybonsai12]

Hey if you get too far gone I know where you can offload some of your large pots!!

@JudyB there is a large 16inch glazed Yamaaki on the bonsai auction page right now. Not sure if that's big enough for you but thought of this post when I saw it.

 

[JudyB]

nope, I'm looking for 19-20" range. Thanks for looking out!

 

[Starfox]

So I won this shohin pot in a give away this week.



And as a show of solidarity I purchased this from the same potter.


There may or may not be another Thor pot in the post too.

 

[Starfox]

Here is the blurb...

A superb rectangular kifu sized pot, hand built from quality granite grey clay. Unglazed,but with splashes of brown and aubergine, and impression carvings of Odin and Sleipner.

This pot feels as if it were carved from a block of Scandinavian grey gneiss. On the front the god Odin is depicted riding his eight-legged horse Sleipner. From the Iceland Edition.

External measurements: 20cm (l) x 14.5cm (w) x 4.2cm (h)

 

[Josh88]

Here are my two recent additions from Sam Miller. First off is the first pot I have ever commissioned. When I saw Sam put this Celtic knot on another of his pots I lit up. This knot was my first tattoo, and is the shield of four directions, signifying N, S, E, and W, as well as the four seasons, and the four elements of earth, wind, fire, and water. It seemed like such an appropriate addition to a bonsai pot for me. I really like how it came out. The next one has such a unique glaze, and such variation between the two sides. They are both in the mail now and I am eagerly awaiting their arrival!

 

[Carol 83]

I was in the market for A pot, and ended up with 4 from Chuck Iker. The poor photography does not do them justice, I was in a hurry. They really are much nicer in person.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Lot of potheads nay!
Guess what I just bought yesterday:

 

[barrosinc]

perfect for 1 grass strain accent plant!
that's tiny!

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Yeah, it's gonna be my smallest actually!
Really looking forward to have it here hehe.

One of my favs, pretty small too, housing an accent plant now:


Big stack of William Vlaanderen pots, with a couple of smaller pots laying inside. I have two smaller, medium sized slabs of him and also three or four other small pots. Old plastic card for scale.



Prolly nothing special, like the first one, but I like 'em too. Imma sucker for cool glazes.




A small Mizakuni pot, no Noelanders tier, but I like it, and that glaze is yummy.


In my bedroom I got plenty more, I'll make pics later!

 

[Carol 83]

Yeah, it's gonna be my smallest actually!
Really looking forward to have it here hehe.

One of my favs, pretty small too, housing an accent plant now:
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Big stack of William Vlaanderen pots, with a couple of smaller pots laying inside. I have two smaller, medium sized slabs of him and also three or four other small pots. Old plastic card for scale.

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Prolly nothing special, like the first one, but I like 'em too. Imma sucker for cool glazes.
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A small Mizakuni pot, no Noelanders tier, but I like it, and that glaze is yummy.
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In my bedroom I got plenty more, I'll make pics later!

LOVE the first little blue one! I bought a tiny Bunzan pot just because I liked the glaze and color. Gotta' find something little to put in it.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Thanks, me too!
And that's exactly what I did with the Kawada! Pots <3
Have you got pics of the Bunzan you mean?