Shoji Hamada Video - Jonathan Accatino

There were many aspects of this video that I found to be very interesting. One thing that amazed me was the fact that even though Shoji Hamada had many workers to help him through the process, he decorated every pot himself. Even after the pots were finished in the kiln, he continued to sketch every pot and their designs to remember them. This seemed to be very time consuming, but Hamada always looked like he was enjoying himself. He also loved to let his grandchildren paint designs on some of the pots even though they were worth $5000 a piece. Another thing I found interesting was how a resistance glaze was applied to the designs on the pot before the final glaze was put on, so the designs wouldn't be covered up.