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Nice job. It still surprises me sometimes how spanking clean these come out after a bath like that. I can imagine this being a soothing distraction from the madness around you... Thank you! Oh yes, this one revealed very nice to touch velvety surface, the other ones Zini/QSN pots I’ve been holding ...

Very nice! Late 70s in my view. The stains were not as bad as I feared, it came out well! Oh, thanks! Just went across my notes and bookmarks - and yes, thank you for pointing out more corresponding time gap - that thick lid lip and partially worn out 6:4 stamp still didn't match into my original s...

Let me show my update on the teapot cleaning - it arrived recently and to my release, it appeared not so dirty as I thought. Seems it was used as a water dropper for calligraphy so minor ink stains were only on the outside, along with mineral scale residues from around the lid opening and on the edg...

Good day, people!
Just wondering - does anybody know something about this book or own it - is it worth having on a shelf? Is it any representative of the classics of Yixing pots and informative anyhow, or more a kind of a vintage photo-album with various purple clay teapots?

i_viter You are welcome, hope it works out for you! I have had some pots fired again, but that was more to get underfired clays up to a usable standard. It is not without its dangers and pitfalls to consider, but if it works and the teaware survives, it can yield amazing results. As a potter yourse...

Appreciate your answer steanze , as it relates to specially developed techniques for a proper restoration. Hello people! I’ve got an idea and can’t let it go for quite a some time, so decided to discuss it here. What if a teapot was used hard and was left neglected, or served as an ink reservoir and...

Hello people! I’ve got an idea and can’t let it go for quite a some time, so decided to discuss it here. What if a teapot was used hard and was left neglected, or served as an ink reservoir and looks really messy, totally black and greasy inside and soaked with ink flow traces outside heavily, how t...

what a beautiful gem of a pot! and I agree, the photos are very attractive and got me to take a second and the third look at the pot. Thank you very much for your kind words! That adds some inspiration for sure! It’s my treasure pot, and the first thing I take to go to any road trip or move - it si...

let me share a gem of mine - this teapot made by Chen Yi Zhi 陳奕志 (I hope I don't misspell the name) - it's almost eggshell thin, very light, and pours awesomely smooth. The clay is non-porous at all, something that reminds me high-fired red Tokoname teapots and very smooth Zhuni in the same time. It...

Hello people! After 2 years of missing here, returning with a picture of one of my "morning sanity recover" sessions - with my vintage tetsubin that gives really good water and luckily has good and even pour. Love that old piece of iron (have another one - an older and heavier sculptural piece but i...

Any red tea/puerh (preferably aged shou or semi-aged sheng) + ginger + pinch of pepper and turmeric powder works very good for me when I feel that I'm about to get sick. I have a liter or about of this spiced tea paired with wild honey in the evening and then I feel much better in the morning. Prove...

It’s interesting, I’ve been thinking about this topic previously and my research didn’t help to figure it out, so I will write my own theories here - I see a kind of correlation between tall sobachoko and yunomi cup, similar to rice bowls and chawans. The shape of tall yunomi naturally evolved from ...

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Wed Oct 20, 2021 8:39 pm

Welcome to the teaforum! Your work is much admired!

Oh, thank you so much! It's very pleasing!
Hope to be useful here at least from the claywork side.

I’ve been restocking hongcha and some puers via Yunnancraft for several years (and it’s about time to order again before the shipping rush starts). Can’t say nothing negative about them at all - communication is always great and friendly, with no even a hint of hidden marketing moves, and the most i...

Hello everyone! How long have you been drinking tea? I’ve been into tea culture for about 5 years Although I drink tea from my early childhood, my father was used to have a daily teapot of black or green tea, served into porcelain bowls - he brought this tradition from Central Asia. What kind of tea...