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Comment by Joseph Fireborn on December 4, 2015 at 6:05pm

That jar is so sexy. Thanks for the differences, and history lesson. 

Comment by Norm Stuart on December 4, 2015 at 5:58pm

What is Shino or Oribe?  Visual ideas or traditions which can be created a number of different ways.

The first Shino glaze was developed in Japan during the Momoyama period (1568–1600), in kilns in the Mino and Seto areas. The glaze, composed primarily of ground local feldspar and a small amount of local clay, produced a satiny white color. It was the first white glaze used in Japanese ceramics.

Shino was supplanted by the oribe glazes, a translucent green colored with copper, used in the newer kilns. Shino enjoyed a brief revival in the 19th century, but then faded into obscurity.

In the 1930s and 1940s, two Japanese potters, Toyozo Arakawa and Hajime Kato, developed the first modern Shino glaze by studying Monoyama Shino pots. Working independently, in 1974, Virginia Wirt, a student of Warren MacKenzie at the University of Minnesota, developed a glaze formula that also sought to imitate the historical exemplars. Her glaze, which added soda ash and spodumene to the base of feldspar and clays, was the first American Shino.

Oribe is a style of pottery with much variation. There is a great variety in the type of ware as well as the surface treatment. Like many types of Japanese pottery, bowls and dishes are common. Oribe wares also include lidded jars and handled food containers.

The clay body typically has a low-iron content and is formed by hand, on a potter’s wheel, or by drape molding. The surface is painted and decorated with lively surface designs, which may be based on nature, geometric patterns, or a combination of the two. White slip and clear glaze are also used.

For a brilliant green color, wares are fired using oxidation at 1220 degrees Celsius. If these conditions are not met, the glaze may be brown or red.

Comment by Daina Taylor on December 4, 2015 at 11:52am

I have tried many different "orange-yellow-pumpkin" glazes to obtain the effect like the one in the picture or platter.  They all turned out no good.  Yours really surprised me.

Comment by Joseph Fireborn on December 4, 2015 at 11:42am

It is in cone 6 oxidation. It is a glaze in the shino family, I guess so? I am not sure what qualifies something as a shino. 

I will have to find the recipe, it has been a while since I mixed it.

Comment by Daina Taylor on December 4, 2015 at 11:23am

Hi Joseph,

I used to fire cone 10 reduction in our local community studio.  There is a glaze named "Maybe Yellow," one of my favorites and very similar to the one in the picture.  Do you fire your pots in cone 6 ox? Is this some kind of Shino family glaze?  Please share with us if you don't mind.  Thanks,

Daina Taylor