Hakeme Yunomi — Amber
This one pushed the hakeme technique as far as I've taken it. Slip laid on extra thick, then a rib dragged through it while still wet — the ridges you see are the ridges you feel, raised and tactile all the way around. It's the most physical of the series, the most deliberately marked.
I glazed the outside in a new amber celadon I've been developing. What came back from the kiln was better than I expected — that deep golden warmth, almost luminous, the slip ridges catching the light differently at every angle. The interior is a soft satin white. I'd like to tell you I can reliably get this color again. I can't. This firing, this glaze thickness, this kiln — it came together once.
About This Piece
Wheel-thrown stoneware with heavy hakeme slip application, rib-textured exterior, amber celadon glaze outside, satin white glaze inside, fired to cone 10. The raised slip ridges are structural and tactile — visible in photos, pronounced in hand. Part of a series of footed cups made in one unhurried studio session. 4.25" tall, 14 oz capacity. Food safe, dishwasher safe. Ships carefully wrapped within 5–7 days.
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