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Awww, shucks. I love Yoshiki but the photos are not displaying. Bowman, please let me know if I can help you to display your photos! Or anyone who posts photos can also assist you.

There os a topic under User Guide.
http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=12549

Thanks also for sharing, Tobias, Michael, and Cory!

Got these in the mail today: A carved cup and a guinomi, both made by Jeff Guerrero.

Super cool Tobias, I just met him the other day. Cool guy!

Hi

This is a Majolica Cauliflower Teapot, circa 1880.

Majolica has a great many fantasticly shaped and colorful teapots of this era. This has a lead based glaze, so I won't be using it to drink from, but I think it is a great looking piece as a collectible.

My new scallop yunomi from the TC TA SO #4 is not as colorful as that Majolica pot, but it has a subtle glow that I adore



I especially like the interior--it was a shot of the interior that made me pick this one over the others--and in person it is just as richly variable as in the original photo.



Depending on the light, it can be highly reflective



or softly glowing



I also picked up a turquoise oribe tea cup with the same order, and this little cup is my favorite shape and, at a capacity of about 4 ounces (120 mL), it's one that will get a lot of use.



I like the color variations in the glaze



and even the base is pretty with a little maroon highlighting the little spiral inside the foot

A jar for tea

Exceptional "Bill's turquoise", debunix. I have one of the same shape and size that I love and use A LOT but yours may actually give it a run for its money. I haven't seen many of those turn out so bright on the top and on the inside. Really nice.
Don't you just love the cup's glassy feel on the outside as well?

Mine has one little patch of not-quite-glassy smooth surface where something is a little rougher just for contrast. I'd been enjoying the look of the turquoise pieces for a while, but this one had the size and shape that I prefer, plus the very nice streaks of purple on it.

revisting this teabowl

its somehow stuck in my memory

need to explore more serendipitous movement of ash

one of my favorite yunomi

triple biidoro or three dragon eyes

serendipity !
gotta love serendipity !

cheers,
happy new years !
cory

wow..the Bidoro you get out of your pieces never cease to amaze me

It is pretty stunning, isn't it?

new double walled carved mizusashi

fresh water container . high fired

night.owl wrote:Very nice! I love the way the color of the crackles matches the color of the tea, like they seamlessly blend right into one another...

Thanks....... that was the idea.

best,

..............john

ok..before i post some pics..of which i am a couple teawares behind on..
can someone perhaps be able to translate this? I tried a coupel ocr translators but they didnt seem to jive well