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Andrew S wrote: ↑

Mon May 16, 2022 3:40 am

I think I've figured out the connecting thread that ties all your pots together - they all have very proud spouts.

Andrew

Good eye!

Old tea in an older teacup.

Andrew

And a late-night spout...

Andrew

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 3:48 am

Old tea in an older teacup.

Andrew

Nice! Got a few of the same cups I think

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 7:47 am

And a late-night spout...

Andrew

Lovely grain

Bok wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 9:21 am

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 7:47 am

And a late-night spout...

Andrew

Lovely grain

Grain is good. This has that Tri-X/HP5 look to it.

@Baisao and @Bok: thank you, but it's just a slightly old DSLR that got pushed too far with no ambient light and a lens wide open at f1.4...

Andrew

An antidote to a bad tea...

Andrew

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Thu May 19, 2022 6:36 am

An antidote to a bad tea...

Andrew

Just looking at this nice old Shantou makes it already better!

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Thu May 19, 2022 1:25 am

Baisao and Bok: thank you, but it's just a slightly old DSLR that got pushed too far with no ambient light and a lens wide open at f1.4...

Andrew

It reminds me of this quote from Brian Eno:

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly,
uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It's the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.”

A conversation.

That clay's texture in black and white reminds me of a star-filled night sky (or a Hubble deep field photo...).

Andrew

Andrew S wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 30, 2022 7:52 pm

That clay's texture in black and white reminds me of a star-filled night sky (or a Hubble deep field photo...).

Andrew

Thanks! It has lots of spots for sure!