TXPCeramics

[Ragamuffin]

Hello there! My name is Thomas Perez and I have been a TeaForum member for a couple years now, though I've mostly been lurking in the shadows. I have also been practicing ceramics for a while now and recently opened an Etsy shop as TXPCeramics https://www.etsy.com/shop/TXPCeramics?r ... ile_header

So far I have a selection of small teacups and a few gaiwans made in a high iron stoneware, many of which are wood fired. I'll be expanding my inventory over the coming months and I'd be delighted if you'd visit my shop and let me know if there is anything in particular that you would like to see!

[Bok]

Not bad! Good luck with your venture!

[Victoria]

@Ragamuffin nice to have a member making teaware. One of my architecture students from the 90s now makes ceramics as well. I love using her small plates as heat and spillage catchments for my teapots and especially enjoy touching and seeing contrasting unglazed to variegated glazed textures.

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[Ragamuffin]

Not bad! Good luck with your venture!

Thank you Bok!

[Ragamuffin]

Ragamuffin nice to have a member making teaware. One of my architecture students from the 90s now makes ceramics as well. I love using her small plates as heat and spillage catchments for my teapots and especially enjoy touching and seeing contrasting unglazed to variegated glazed textures.

Thank you Victoria! I hadn't thought of making plates for tea wares/tea trays, that's a good idea.

[Ethan Kurland]

Difficult to obtain: Kyusu for left-handed people. Side handles almost always accomodate right-handed people.
Your prices are not too high; so perhaps some people might want porcelain teapots that are glazed on the outside & unglazed inside. Some made in Korea are beautiful & seem to brew very well (experience from being a guest of friend who owns one such pot).
Your work is attractive, pretty. Cheers

[GaoShan]

It's very difficult to find small porcelain teapots, either glazed or unglazed on the inside, that are reasonably priced. I'm talking about sizes from 60 to 120 ml.

[Bok]

It's very difficult to find small porcelain teapots, either glazed or unglazed on the inside, that are reasonably priced. I'm talking about sizes from 60 to 120 ml.

Also not very easy to make them small and thin… if they have small capacity they are often too thick. Takes more skill to make them thin - thus usually also not cheap.

[GaoShan]

It's very difficult to find small porcelain teapots, either glazed or unglazed on the inside, that are reasonably priced. I'm talking about sizes from 60 to 120 ml.

Also not very easy to make them small and thin… if they have small capacity they are often too thick. Takes more skill to make them thin - thus usually also not cheap.

I guess it's easier to make a small, thin gaiwan than a small, thin teapot, but the difference in price seems pretty substantial.

[LeoFox]

It's very difficult to find small porcelain teapots, either glazed or unglazed on the inside, that are reasonably priced. I'm talking about sizes from 60 to 120 ml.

Also not very easy to make them small and thin… if they have small capacity they are often too thick. Takes more skill to make them thin - thus usually also not cheap.

I guess it's easier to make a small, thin gaiwan than a small, thin teapot, but the difference in price seems pretty substantial.

Why don't you try to make one - and then sell it for cheap?

[GaoShan]

Also not very easy to make them small and thin… if they have small capacity they are often too thick. Takes more skill to make them thin - thus usually also not cheap.

I guess it's easier to make a small, thin gaiwan than a small, thin teapot, but the difference in price seems pretty substantial.

Why don't you try to make one - and then sell it for cheap?

If I made a small porcelain teapot, I'd probably have to give it away or use it to hold paperclips. Then again, I probably couldn't make a very good gaiwan either.

[Ragamuffin]

Haha yes, good teapots are definitely more difficult to make well. I'm been practicing my teapots, but none of my prototypes are quite good enough just yet.

[debunix]

If you’re up for a commission….one piece of teaware that I have never seen and that I would love to have is a larger (250 mL) Shiboridashi, glazed inside, and with a handle.

I like to prepare and share tea at work, and I do not have good access to a good sized and tea ware friendly sink, so making it easy to clean with some hot water from the tea pot and a small cloth is key: no inward curving lips or crevices for tea to get caught in. The handle is because my fingers get scorched when I do several infusions in a row with very hot water (in order to make enough tea to fill up my pitcher and give some to the many tea drinkers i’ve cultivated on our hallway at work). And glazed inside is a plus for a variety of teas.

Sort of this:

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Plus this:

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[Ragamuffin]

If you’re up for a commission….one piece of teaware that I have never seen and that I would love to have is a larger (250 mL) Shiboridashi, glazed inside, and with a handle.

I like to prepare and share tea at work, and I do not have good access to a good sized and tea ware friendly sink, so making it easy to clean with some hot water from the tea pot and a small cloth is key: no inward curving lips or crevices for tea to get caught in. The handle is because my fingers get scorched when I do several infusions in a row with very hot water (in order to make enough tea to fill up my pitcher and give some to the many tea drinkers i’ve cultivated on our hallway at work). And glazed inside is a plus for a variety of teas.

Sort of this:



Plus this:

Hi Debunix, I think I could do that! I'll be away from the studio for a few weeks, and I'll have to practice the form some first, but I'll let you know what I come up with if you're not in any rush.
Thanks!

[debunix]

I'm certainly not in a rush, as I've been wishing for this for years. I can make lots of infusion in smaller vessels that are comfy to use when preparing teas that are OK to 'stack'; or fewer infusions in larger vessels that burn my fingers and/or have lots of places for leaves to hide and are not trivial to clean without access to a decent sink. At home where I have running water and a nice clean metal sink that is kind to the occasional dropped ceramic, any shape goes. But at work, it's a different story.