the court decreed that existing private kilns fire quality wares for imperial use and that the pieces should be marked with ‘Made in the Jingde period’ on the base. The town (zhen) was thereafter known as Jin
If the Greta Pottery kilns were a similar size to the Waterside Pottery kilns and they were firing them every week then they would have been producing 2400 one gallon bottles or their equivalent per week. This weekly routine would also involve digging and processing around 12 tons of clay and...
” Honestly the first thing that really attracted me to wood kilns was the sound. Depending on the burner design, gas kilns can sometimes sound like a jet engine. Once while firing a very loud gas kiln in college I walked over to where some others were firing the wood kiln. The only s...
(powdered green tea), but is also used for other types of tea as well. It can also refer to a bowl for rice where it is called a “gohan chawan”. The word “yunomi chawan” is sometimes used to clarify its purpose as a teacup. For more formal settings, a wide-mouthed cup called...