Hey Chip and TC TA PL,
I finished the second handle for the shino kyusu. I take time to create more that just a teapot with a handle. Hopefully when you look at this you won't find anything that is off color, too light/dark... it has balance -visually. After the second stain I put on the handle, I finally got it right. A top coat of spar varnish, that isn't really dry all the way yet...but good enough for a quick pic in the fading evening light. (I'm in New York, USA and it's almost dusk here. What time of day is it there Chip, in the teacave on top of Mount Fuji? Let's see, I would guess, using the sun solace ratio inversely proportional to the snow depth on top of the mountain in the background of your avitar... minus two tea leaves gives us .... 5 3/16".) Whew, that was a tough one... The handle shows up but is not over powering. I strive for the point that you find your eye dancing all over the piece, not focused on any one thing too long. Then I added the accent gold leather on top of the brown leather "cord" for the final touch. I make these as a work of art, not just a cute teapot. Those can be purchased in a lot of other places. I will make some "quicker" teapots later, after I get the "rush from creating new art" out of my system. Well that's todays art lesson for now, teachers... zeeesh.
So, picture time...
I almost like making pottery!
PS... "PL" means pottery lovers
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