Moderator Edit: Welcome to Chapter 15 of Show Off Your Pots and Cups. That is 375 pages to date.
You can see where we left off last chapter here: http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 60#p174999
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Chip
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First, some nice crackling on my 'granite' yunomi from ginkgo: the inside is stained, the outside remains snow white.
Oct 23rd, '10, 23:20
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Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
Today, inspired by the 'Spirit' cups being celebrated, I took out my Seigan hagi and started shooting. It was hard to stop, as they are so amazing, closer and closer with the camera, playing with flash, window light, and filtered sunlight.
Eventually I ended up with two sets of images on my flickr, one for the Seigan blue and one for the Sansai terbineri.
The Seigan blue is very dramatic
and the glaze has translucency in areas almost as ethereal as the 'Spirit' cups
and I'm just a sucker for swirly gorgeous variegated colors
and the clay foot just feels powerful with the embedded larger gravels
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The Sansai is more subtle
with different moods on different sides
A vast white interior, with abundant crackles
Clay peeking through at the rim
And again, that very powerful-looking clay at the foot
Eventually I ended up with two sets of images on my flickr, one for the Seigan blue and one for the Sansai terbineri.
The Seigan blue is very dramatic
and the glaze has translucency in areas almost as ethereal as the 'Spirit' cups
and I'm just a sucker for swirly gorgeous variegated colors
and the clay foot just feels powerful with the embedded larger gravels
.
The Sansai is more subtle
with different moods on different sides
A vast white interior, with abundant crackles
Clay peeking through at the rim
And again, that very powerful-looking clay at the foot
Oct 24th, '10, 00:37
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Oct 24th, '10, 01:01
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Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
Yes sure I meant cuprabbit wrote: Do you mean crackleware 'cup'? If so, I love it so much! It's my favorite cup, delicate, perfectly shaped, just the right size, beautiful color. I enjoy my tea even more when it's in this cup =)
How big is your "right size"?
I think I need one too.
@David: Those two cups are amazing - I love the coulour.
@debunix: I really like this ginkgo cup - I thing I am a fan of crackles
Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
Thank you a lot for these wonderful photos debunix !! Ginkgo's work is amazing. I am in contact with her right now for a chawan. Fantastic close shots of Seigan's glaze. His work surely deserves a close look.
Did you use a box to take your pictures as Seeker did with his chawan ?
Did you use a box to take your pictures as Seeker did with his chawan ?
Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
Does anyone think they could tell me what type of pots I have based on the pictures on page 24?
Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
The red one at the right bottom corner looks like a Chao Zhou teapot. So it should be good for dan cong, taiwanese light roasted wulong and young sheng puerh. Here is the extent of what I can tell.rabbit wrote:Does anyone think they could tell me what type of pots I have based on the pictures on page 24?
Re: Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIV
Yeah it looks like it was spun on a wheel and I noticed a comment of yours in another thread about someone elses' that made me think it might be a chao zhou.David R. wrote:The red one at the right bottom corner looks like a Chao Zhou teapot. So it should be good for dan cong, taiwanese light roasted wulong and young sheng puerh. Here is the extent of what I can tell.rabbit wrote:Does anyone think they could tell me what type of pots I have based on the pictures on page 24?
Oct 27th, '10, 16:10
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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV
Stunning photographs of the Seigan pieces, debunix. Thanks a lot for showing them to us!
Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV
Awesome Seigan photos debunix! I can see those blue close-up's making a pretty neat computer background
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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV
Yeah, the photos, I think you just blew my freakin' mind, or is this Van Gogh
Oct 28th, '10, 11:51
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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV
While I think I might like the blue one better on its own for sheer-Van Gogh-Starry Night-ness, I have to admit that the white Sansai might be a lovelier match with green tea, because the white interior shows it off so well. See today's teaDay post for proof.
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