Re: From the SANSAI kiln

prestontolbert Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:49 am

Excellent pots with great surfaces. Your design looks like the old Paul Soldner red brick raku kiln. Have you ever seen that one?

Andrija Zokic Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:39 pm

I like this pots very much! Very Happy

Tom Benda Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:01 pm

Albert, I didn´t. I´m sorry, but I even haven´t heard of him´- but would like to. PM or here.
Andrija, thank You, I can bring some to the South Cool

in spring

Todd Ellis Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:29 am

I love your pots, particularly your Chamber Pot! I can only imagine how you felt with the fallen shelves; all that work!

peter krebs Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:48 pm

Hi Tom,
Great to see some new work!,I like your pots. Very Happy

I wish you good luck with your kiln.
Besr regards
Peter

Stone Monkey Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:04 pm

Tom

The last pot pictures you posted are wonderful Very Happy

I adore the surface texture and colours you get from a Wood firing. One day I will get my hands on a wood firing kiln, one day Twisted Evil

Thanks for showing

Regards

Andy

Lone Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:31 pm

Tom Benda wrote:My best firing (- results, not "the quickiest") took just 8 hours, this "overdone" :-) firing 10 hours...

Will, the glazes were influenced by temperature and ash a lot this time. Not just glazes, my whole kiln is covered by lots of glass.
The colours come from metal oxides, carbonates... Just the very last one - the exceptional for me - walls "painted" just by fire!, upper rim glazed a bit.
My kiln for You :-)

"The exceptional" once again

Hi Tom - Your pots are so beautiful, next time - could you put some measure in cm on.
Other pots:

Rob, thanx for photos and give Terry my regards. Next time You visit me I´ll fire my kiln :-)

Rob Addonizio Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:20 pm

Thanks for sharing photos of your beautiful pots!

Very lovely indeed Very Happy

horst Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:03 am

Hi Tom,
great pots, love the archaic finish of these glazes, due to your kind of firing.
Would like to get the damaged pot shown in the pic below - is it available? If yes, please save it for me.
I do love pots with a "special history".

From the SANSAI kiln - Page 2 Tomas

Best regards Horst

Andrija Zokic Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:25 pm

Tom Benda wrote:
Andrija, thank You, I can bring some to the South in spring

If you are coming in Croatia, you are welcome in my garden!
And about pots, at this moment we have enough, maybe in future.

Tom Benda Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:54 am

Hi Horst,
sorry, this pot is not available Very Happy

Yes! I save this pot for You, of course I do!
Inside it is 44x34cm and I think it is not able to stand on all four feets properly. But it still can be used for bonsai.

Thank You all very much. I must say that this firing didn´t etiolate me, just vice-versa - it encouraged me so much! I´ve never felt such a taste to ceramics before! And together with all Your comments, I really feel the power Very Happy

Tom Benda Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:49 pm

I took further photos.
First, this pot broke in bisque firing already. But it made my imagination excited :-)
I tried my own new glaze on this crock. The result delighted me.
I got the colour, which I´m long time looking for. And I got it through my own recipe. And this recipe contains the stone-powder from the local quarry!

And here are two pots from the fallen shelves. I miss this one, but I can do it again and maybe better :-)

This has a great glaze in real

Robert Wallace Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:04 am

I love the pots!!!!! I am sorry about the collapse but I am glad you are not to disheartened. Some of those broken pots can still make for some good pots. If you have not seen Robert Stevens book he has several really fun plantings in broken pots. I would take it as an opportunity to do something wild with them. Thanks for sharing, I am getting more and more excited to make my own pots after seeing your pots.
Thanks, Robert

Tom Benda Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:52 am

Last days I finally got into my workshop, lair for overwintering Smile

But my daughter got ill and I had to come upstairs and care for her.
I took some few tools and a lump of clay.
My wife came back home and took an image:

Here some few green pots, all of them hand made without mould and potterswheel Smile

I am especially proud of these two. The one on the right side is an older sister, carved in sommer night, coincidentally in our kitchen+dining room too.

I call these sisters "Proud princesses", inspired by our Czech fairytale "Proud princess".
I am proud about the unusual design, especially the lower rim creating the sole.
Here are the princesses in sexy positions Cool

More photos and details:
http://picasaweb.google.com/T.Benda/AchtungCurvedCarvedPots#

LANCE Thu Dec 02, 2010 2:34 pm

Wonderful pots, I envy your kiln, mine is a small electric kiln with manual sitter. It can only fire three of my chuhin sized pots at a time.

peter krebs Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:50 pm

Hi Tom,

Your pots are beautiful and sexy. queen

Best Wishes
Peter

Stone Monkey Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:32 pm

Tom

Wonderful pots. I adore the proud princesses, look forward to seeing them glazed

All the best

Andy

Klaudia & Martin Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:35 am

Hello Tom

They are very nice. I can see your enjoyment and patience in it!

Kind regards
Martin

Tom Benda Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:51 am

Thank You all.
Andy, I don´t plan these to be glazed. But I´m thinking about a little bigger one and glazed. And then I have a problem - I´m not sure if I have a glaze good enough for such a proud princess Rolling Eyes

Tom Benda Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:04 pm

I was punished for my blasphemous behavior. I shouldn´t share pictures of green pots.
I had another accident, in today´s bisque firing. I still don´t know the extent of damage. I´ll open the kiln tomorrow.
The fire chamber is divided in two. There were some few papers and twigs in both.
One started slowly to burn, the other not. It seemed like the first part´s smoke is going out through the second part of firing place.
But suddenly both chambers started to burn, it was like an explosion. Yes, many explosions I´ve heard, from the inside... I hope that every other explosion wasn´t from another and another pot... Confused

RHamers Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:53 pm

nice pots those princesses;)

Stone Monkey Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:10 pm

Tom

Dale and I have the same philosophy and paranoia about showing green ware, eh Dale? So beware the Evil Green Ware God who has no shame in taking his share of the kiln load Twisted Evil

Hope your losses are not too bad, I know how bad it feels when this happens especially when they are commission pots Mad

Regards

Andy

Tom Benda Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:56 pm

Andy, thank You. The EGG (Evil Greenware God Very Happy

) reached for the greatest damage - the big commission pot, first strike in the flames. There is some small damage on a few pots, but nothing that bad. The best pot survived.
It is even better than "proud princess" - which survived too. Ok, let´s go on :-)

peter krebs Wed Feb 02, 2011 5:12 pm

Hi Tom,
the good news. Very Happy

Best wishes
Peter

Tom Benda Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:53 am

Hi all,

first tasting of 10th firing pots. More coming soon :-)

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