NEWEST CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XVII

Great little cup their Ian. May seem like an odd request but what I love about my Karatsu piece the most, is the clay it is made out of. So is it possible for you to snap a photo of the underside of the foot?

by **iannon** » Feb 12th, '12, 22:23

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by iannon » Feb 12th, '12, 22:23

AdamMY wrote:Great little cup their Ian. May seem like an odd request but what I love about my Karatsu piece the most, is the clay it is made out of. So is it possible for you to snap a photo of the underside of the foot?

sure thing! heres what the potter says of the clay and glaze:

" thrown with collected clay from the Kishidake region of Saga prefecture and fired in my wood kiln for 30 hours. The brown glaze is a combination of iron and ash, and the white is rice straw ash."

by **AdamMY** » Feb 12th, '12, 22:32

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by AdamMY » Feb 12th, '12, 22:32

Very similar clay appearance, although mine might be a little more broken up and sandy looking. The weirdest thing is unlike hagi it feels incredibly hard, but its wonderful to feel.

by **Alex** » Feb 13th, '12, 05:39

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by Alex » Feb 13th, '12, 05:39

The bottom of these cups always makes me want to eat cake :lol:

by **JBaymore** » Feb 13th, '12, 07:29

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by JBaymore » Feb 13th, '12, 07:29

Alex wrote:The bottom of these cups always makes me want to eat cake

In Japanese the character of the clay body is called "tsuchiaji". Literal translation is "clay taste".

Eat up. :wink:

best,

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

PS: tsuchiaji = Sue chee ahhh jiiiiii

by **Saladin** » Feb 14th, '12, 12:29

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by Saladin » Feb 14th, '12, 12:29

That's a beautiful Karatsu cup, it it Michael Martino?

by **iannon** » Feb 14th, '12, 13:35

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by iannon » Feb 14th, '12, 13:35

Saladin wrote:That's a beautiful Karatsu cup, it it Michael Martino?

Why yes it is actually. Ran into his shop while just trolling for teaware. i really like this cup

by **iannon** » Feb 14th, '12, 22:42

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by iannon » Feb 14th, '12, 22:42

iannon wrote:
Saladin wrote:That's a beautiful Karatsu cup, it it Michael Martino?
Why yes it is actually. Ran into his shop while just trolling for teaware. i really like this cup

Maybe we can lure him in to be a TC Artisan? I could go for a Michael Martin SO ya?

Website · by **debunix** » Feb 14th, '12, 23:32

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by debunix » Feb 14th, '12, 23:32

Earlier today I scouted out his work after reading his name here. Wowza, nice stuff. Yes, a TC SO would be lovely!*

*smacks hand on head, realizing vow to never buy anymore teaware after opening third marvelous package in a month is already breaking down....

by **woozl** » Feb 15th, '12, 00:46

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by woozl » Feb 15th, '12, 00:46

Tea bowl.
Unglazed, wood fired.

Website · by **debunix** » Feb 15th, '12, 01:00

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by debunix » Feb 15th, '12, 01:00

Beautiful, as usual.

Website · by **debunix** » Feb 15th, '12, 13:03

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by debunix » Feb 15th, '12, 13:03

After my shiboridashi and yuzamashi from the TC TA SO met a shattering fate, I asked Petr if he could make me a replacement. It took a while for him to be able to get similar clay. Yesterday I got my package. I'm a little too congested to be sure it is enhancing all the high notes of the green tea with which I'm baptizing this set, but what I can taste is entirely delicious. Much happiness!