Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Ara-Yachi

Picture taken at a craftsman studio in Okinawa, Japan by Aaron Pedroni. Traditional Okinawan pottery, ara-yachi, is unglazed or coated with ash or manganeze glaze. Check out the website below to learn more about this technique:

Okinawan Pottery
This site includes video clips in Japanese, with English subtitles and images that show the Ara-yachi and Jo-yachi technique.