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2010.02.07 Sunday

dear mr minoyaki
the wind is blowing
and the distance from
the studio and kiln shed
is only a few metres but
the pot boards for threating to fly away
with the pots on

anyway got the kiln packed and am firing now
the burners have blow out 2 times so far
waiting for the big bang ha

will start on the tajime decoration tommoro
yes hot kiln pots
anyway see ya tommoro
hope all is well with you m
god-inc

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plates 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.02.06 Saturday

dear mr minoyaki
sick family member
so i had the day off

made these plates last night

hope to pack kiln tommoro
anyway see ya tommoro
god-inc

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clay book 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.02.05 Friday

dear mr minoyaki
it is hard to tell but
these are clay books
i think they are pretty cool
but saori gave them the thumbs down
she sai the makimono plates were better
ha ha ha
let us see when they are fired

and i thought i would make somenew lids
for these water containers
that i have keeped for a few years
the original lids did not fit that well

also made some other plates
that i hope to put togeather tonight
well see ya tommoro
god-inc

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firebars 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.02.04 Thursday

dear mr minoyaki
these are the fire bars
for the woodkiln
i put in an extra one
more than the kiln book

it took a bit of time
to get the brick work ok
by putting the bricks widthways
you tie in the bottom 2 layers
and makes the kiln stronger

and a while ago i was looking at
my oribe teabowls yes its good but
it needs a little more yes m
next onto kin- tsugi
i diccided not to cut up the bowls
but to score the lines into the clay
for the different decoration
hope they look good
yes another thing to steal of the
older and better potters
anyway seeya tommoro
god-inc

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kiln wall 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.02.03 Wednesday

dear mr minoyaki
turned teabowls today
made some ordered bowls
and guinomi

this is the ceramic board that my kiln builder friend
told me to put in the kiln as the walls are close to the building
the bricks on the inside of the kiln
are a mix of sk 30, 32and sk34
where the hot spots are in the kiln
i used 34 or sk 32 the exit flues ect are sk30

and on the out side of the kiln
inthis photo the right side
soft insulating kiln bricks
this should stop most of the heat
leaking from the kiln
an important thing in kilns
is no heat loss
this gives one better fuel ecconomy
and since this is a shino kiln slow cooling down
after the kiln is built i will give it a clay wall coating
of 50 old porcelain and 50 old kiln sand
lets hope this stops the heat loss
anyway will send more pics tommoro
hope all is well with you
goodnight
god-inc

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half 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.02.01 Monday

dear mr mino yaki
today took the kiln
to the burner levil
will start to put in
soft brick outer layer tommoro

and will take the rest of today of
halr a holiday
ha ha ha
see ya tommoro

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39才です　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.01.31 Sunday

dear mr mino yaki
its my birthday today
i made some bowls just now
another 2o or so

allways a fun thing todo
and cleaned bricks this morning
but am having a slow day

it depends on how many beers i drink
how much work gets done tommoro
kanpai
god-inc

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ha 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.01.29 Friday

dear my minoyaki
i was not trying to copy
the broken pouch this much but

it broke ha ha ha ha
and the kiln is going along well
at little bit each day

the hole is were the gas burner goes in
next level is for the wood
anyway have to fly
see ya tommoro
tonight beer and teabowls
god-inc

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old to new 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.01.28 Thursday

dear mr mino yaki
this is one of my favorite
mizushashi shapes from
the 16th century
have been wanting to
make it for a long time
but finnally did

the decoration will be fun
alot of stripes ha ha ha

allso the old broken pouch shape
will have to think of how to glaze this though
anyway have to go and mix a couple of hundred kgs
of clay see ya tommoro
god-inc

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fresh water containers 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2010.01.27 Wednesday

dear mr minoyaki
am putting the lids on
the water containers
still a few more to go

this time i have tryed a few more
shapes that i have not done before
allso a little bit smaller

but m i have to say
they are fun to make
the movement the music
in the clay
ha ha ha
yes my soul flys
that may be a over large comment
but yes i am having fun
hope all is well with you
seeya tommoro
god-inc

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