Pottery

Inside of our bowls.

While we were in Japan, we got to go paint our own pots. They had a few to choose from, like a plate or cup, but we all chose to make bowls.

A while back, Japan had kidnapped or captured some Korean potters, and made them make nice pots and things for the emperors. They lived in Japan and made pottery for a long time, then about 40 years ago they got their freedom and were allowed to return to Korea or stay, and they chose to stay, because they'd been there for a few hundred years. Also, along the lines the Dutch did some trading with the Japanese, so the Delft Blue style of coloring and painting became popular, especially among those Korean potters, so they combined the techniques, and that's the kind of pots that we got to paint.

They had two colors, dark blue and light blue, and they had some stencils that you could choose from. I drew a dragon freehand, Joe did a Christmas themed design, Seth did a panda and some leaves, Jenna did leaves and dragonflies, my mom did flowers, and my dad did vines. They all looked pretty cool before they were fired. They take a while to fire, so our friend Sister Priddis in Japan is going to mail them to us in a few weeks. I'll make another post, or update this one when they come.

Outside of the bowls.