RYH POTTERY

RYH Pottery is located in Volcano Village near the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.  RYH Pottery specializes in functional ware with a Japanese  influence.

 If you plan to be in the area, feel free to visit our studio/gallery.  Please call (808) 985-8530 or email us at ron@ryhpottery.com to set up an appointment.

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Throwing sake flasks "off the hump".

2/17/2021 Small Kiln 8th Glaze Firing.

Large slab-built vases (18" tall x 22" wide)

Soup bowls from the January 4, 2021 firing.

Dinnerware order for a customer in Waimea, Hawaii island.

From the January 4, 2021 firing.

Best wishes for a safe and happy 2021 from RYH Pottery.

Order of slab plates sent to a customer in Venice, California.

Soup Mugs From the 12/06/2020 Firing

Hand-built coiled vases drying.

Specially ordered Japanese pickle containers from the 12/6/2020 firing.

Persimmon leaves decorating my "Seconds" table.

Pottery drying in the sun before the bisque firing (before glazing).

 Wax resist glazing pattern on slab plates.

Serving Platters 

 Ash glazed slab plates using Bmix clay and fired on 9/20/2020

Top left: Kilauea ash glaze

Top right: Kilauea ash glaze over Ohia ash glaze

Bottom left: Kilauea ash & Ohia ash mixed glaze.

Bottom right: Ohia ash glaze

Order of plates and bowls for a client on the Big Island.  

 Serving platters drying before trimming alongside glazed pottery ready to be fired.

 Bisque firing in the electric kiln.

 Glaze firing in the large gas kiln.

Newly-built small gas kiln.

2nd glaze firing in the small gas kiln.

Ron Hanatani

RYH Pottery

P.O. Box 753

Volcano, HI  86785

808-985-8530

ron@ryhpottery.com