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More cool celadon: a lotus pot by Yi Yong Cheol https://live.staticflickr.com/8091/8378393412_04127fff31.jpg its lotus carving is subtle https://live.staticflickr.com/8352/8378395764_1ef9fd3004.jpg and I have a lotus pitcher/fair cup by him also https://live.staticflickr.com/5321/6954118066_19c092ca...

I have a selection of teawares at work. I do brew in thermoses for enough tea to bring to afternoon clinics where I sometimes run out with the 1 liter thermos (3-4 hours plus sometimes lots of people ready to share); I have some very practical pots and shibos fully glazed on the interior (maximum fl...

And this is little jar is beloved not only for the beautiful celadon, but for its role as my chocolate-keeper. It lives next to the tea-tray (naturally!). https://photos.smugmug.com/Tea/Tea/i-bTCJd9j/0/37605d12/M/160427%20Chocolate%20jar%20_DEB0216%20copy-M.jpg It's another piece by Inge Nielsen.

I reach with as much delight for my first kyusu and shiboridashi from Petr as I did when they were new, and ditto for my bizen-like upright pot (can't find a photo posted of this one, oddly enough), or the treebark pots, other shiboridashi, and fully glazed kyusu and shibos. One of the treebark pots...

I've got a pair of very green small shiboridashi by Shawn McGuire of Great Wheel Studio:



The cup is Kazuwa copper red ware, not celadon.

I have pieces that have crackly glazes that I are a delight to watch 'age' as those stain and darken, but I don't have any pieces that have a yixing-like patina to polish with each use. https://photos.smugmug.com/Tea/Tea/i-sVPncBh/0/c3ba5041/M/Flower%20of%20Forgetfulness%20-%201-M.jpg aged nicely to...

Where do you order 'directly from him' [Jiri Duchek]?

And some other Duchek’s pieces. A cup, waste water container and a pitcher. I love the cup here. I've been watching his items on darjeeling.cz , and those of other potters they're now featuring, but as my collection has grown, I don't have room for no more than one or two pieces, and it has to be j...

I also do enjoy following Ondrejs instagram, real nice wood work, although I'd prefer a slightly more organic design on the picks. Ondrejs picks are varied in style, but they are his own design and not like the more curvaceous style I occasionally see in Chinese tea setups. When I first saw his tea...

Regarding Petr Novak's clays....he uses some different clays with different pots. I have appreciated the effect of the iron-rich clay in those first pots from the TeaChat special offer on green teas; I use those shibos and that kyusu mostly for morning sencha and chinese greens, and sometimes for li...

I'll play! Here's one grouping of teaware from Petr Novak , a Czech potter whose work I prize greatly because of great form, function, fine clay. He has topics dedicated to his work already here and here : https://live.staticflickr.com/6016/5991751897_9780b78766_z.jpg I also have some beautiful piec...

....if you brew it with lots of leaf but gains this "toxicity" to it. It feels way too potent, and becomes uncomfortable to drink. This is where it's useful to have some nice chawans for backup to dilute overly strong infusions, it so often 'rescues' an overdone infusion. Just last night I was tryi...

it is also a good thing as I can enjoy a pricey yancha more often (talking about the high end) without it being too damaging on the bank account :) Exactly! If it makes you happy, and you get more sessions and happiness from less tea, it's a win-win all around. I like my tea a little more dilute th...

URAGUCHI Masayuki's celadon with magnificant dripsicles just pushes all of my buttons. Subtle depth to those glazes, wow.

The lavender field series, oh my oh my oh my.....they are nothing like the flowers of mother's lavender bushes, but wow wow wow eye poppingly gorgeous.

Why, oh why, is the Tea & Chocolate class on Saturday? Sunday is the day I might be able to stop by for a few hours.....if I'm very very lucky.