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clay pot with congee glue

Lesley commissioned me to make a donabe, she was very into hosting and cooking with these Dobabe, Japanese clay pots. After I made the first one, she also gifted me one, and asked for a double lid donabe. I looked into Kalinga pots in Philippines and in Hong Kong, we have cantonese claypot rice 煲仔飯 (bāozǎifàn).





In throwing, the pot is made like a teapot all the pieces have to be done at once, its like 3 bowls and the lid and ears are sculpted.




'Because donabe’s clay body is porous, you must first season donabe by making rice porridge in it. As the starch of the thick gluelike porridge fills the tiny pores of the clay, it strengthens the body and helps prevent possible leaks and cracks during cooking. This process also creates a barrier to keep aromas from the food from penetrating the pores of the clay. It’s a one-time step that will make your donabe last for a long time.'1 




Cooking tips: bāozǎifàn, is more oil based and to keep the rice from sticking friends use oil and garlic. For Kalinga's, they cover the base with banana leaves.  kalinga crack pots are also used to roast coffee beans.2 For bāozǎifàn, there are metal grips to keep the pot in place

Suggested readings:
1. Cheung, Lesley. the secret to living forever. 2024.

2.Skibo, James M. Pottery function : a use-alteration perspective. New York : Plenum Press, 1992.
Clayworks RGH Red Iron Stoneware clay fired at cone 5 to bring out a terracota orange     at a high fire, clay have smooth and grey undertones, which is fired for one of the lids. black glaze poured in the inside of the pot. When pouring the black glaze, use the tip of your finger to press on the stout and rotate glaze throughout the pot.  Pour the excess out. Clean off the dripped parts. 

thrown at useless studio, 2023.

500ml

Mr. Zhu lent me a mini chinese herbal medicine pot, originally used for boiling. I made two and let him choose the better replica as a gift. His feedback was the stout was too straight so it will be hard on the wrist to pour, the original is made to be slightly slanted. the teapot lid should also have a wider disc so when your thumb presses on the lid it won’t slide off and a better seal for the liquid content. An improvement from it’s original is the teapot holder tip, as it is taller and easier to hold.

small teapot —Reverse 3 handle
blue matte glaze not a very smooth drip because holes for spout is too sparce, a little heavy, the distance between spout and lid/top is too short causing  water to spill.

Hand pinch teapot at useless studio, 2021.

260 ml, body 7 by 10, handle 12x7 ,stout 4.5 x 1 , lid 8.2 x 6
water jug - snow mountains
 
White claydoodles and blue underglaze pigment is scrated and fired.
Image was overcoated with wax resistant and white glaze roughtly brushed on

Thrown at useless studio, 2022.


 

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woodfire cup and egg holder






Brown glaze and engobe, 2024.
Fired on October 11-13 with Useless Studio at Lau Fau Shan (流浮山). 

 
a set of 3 cups, with different handles, some harder to hold than others. Two color combinations, a blueish green and a chalky white.  

thrown at useless studio,

2024.

250 ml, made at the same time, roughly the same size
Cup -woodchip
white clay  two types of brown glaze with brush

Handpinch mug at useless studio, 2021.

190ml
Bowls



Pasta bowl, only body bowl. 2023.


black clay, painted matte brown glaze inside of bowl.2021


sprout flame bowl for washing.  2024.
Underglazed and etched bowls:

1.edgar's doodles. Satin matte glaze made color more milly and after fire a blueish grey. 2021.




2. bowl with lid and rice imprint. 2024.

3. bowl with lid, 2023. Photos by Lily Yi.



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