Master Potter Shoji Hamada--Sydney Natkiel

 One thing that I found fascinating about the video was the amount of pride and privacy Hamada took into account when making his pottery. His friend of 50 years, Sakaha Sensi and his neighbor Shimokah Sensi were the only ones invited to the kiln opening. He shows them all the great detail he did and they discussed about the designs in the pottery that he made. I also found it very cool that he sketched every piece of pottery that he made so that he remembers. My favorite piece that was shown in  the video is the  over-glazed enamel pattern. It was 2 squares and although it was very simple it looked very different and elegant. I thought it was very cool to find out the piece of pottery that do not come out perfect are placed throughout his compound as decoration collecting leaves and water.