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by britt » Jun 8th, '10, 06:44
aya_s wrote:Beautiful!
I do rather wish they'd make a pot one day with a handle on the other side for left-handed folks. I always pour my Japanese tea out away from me into the cup, heh.
Some of Toru's Tokoname listings have left handed versions that are also in stock but you won't see them unless you open the web page for that specific product. He also usually has some left handed kyusu in the Bizen section. And as someone already mentioned, there is a good selection of lefty kyusu on the Tokoname site.
Artistic Nippon Hokujo kyusu with left handed versions available:
http://www.artisticnippon.com/product/t ... imple.html
http://www.artisticnippon.com/product/t ... pot_7.html
Jun 8th, '10, 12:42
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by iannon » Jun 8th, '10, 12:42
yea! and those Hokujo's are schweeet!
Jun 19th, '10, 12:12
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by iannon » Jun 19th, '10, 12:12
sort of a double post..maybe not! took a couple pics of a singular kuysu of the set of 3 i got. The set of 3 is posted in the Ode to Kyusu thread!
I really like these kyusu's very nice balance and design..fine sesame filters. really good feel to them!
Jun 19th, '10, 12:18
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by debunix » Jun 19th, '10, 12:18
Very striking combination of color and form.
Jun 19th, '10, 12:40
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by iannon » Jun 19th, '10, 12:40
debunix wrote:Very striking combination of color and form.
I find myself really liking the style too. I wasnt sure when i saw pics of them online but the price i got 3 of these for there was NO way to pass them up. I dont believe they knew what they had. The description was "3 personal teapots appears to be made of painted or opaque glass."
uh huh...painted glass....
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by Victoria » Jun 19th, '10, 15:18
How could they think clay was glass?
They are clay, right???
Jun 19th, '10, 16:07
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by iannon » Jun 19th, '10, 16:07
Victoria wrote:How could they think clay was glass?
They are clay, right???
yup..clay..nice nerikomi tokoname it seems. sweet sesame filters inside
clsest thing to them i found online was this one from zensuke
http://store.zensuke.com/336neri.html
Jun 19th, '10, 16:48
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by britt » Jun 19th, '10, 16:48
Although it's hard to believe clay and glass can be mistaken for each other, I think there is some resemblance between the nerikomi style and some art-deco glass. I mean in looks or art style, not material.
BTW that is a very nice kyusu!
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by iannon » Jun 19th, '10, 17:41
britt wrote:Although it's hard to believe clay and glass can be mistaken for each other, I think there is some resemblance between the nerikomi style and some art-deco glass. I mean in looks or art style, not material.
BTW that is a very nice kyusu!
Maybe not so hard to believe when you hear that I got them at goodwill's national online auction/shop! ya! deal of the year for me!
Jun 19th, '10, 18:33
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by laura99 » Jun 19th, '10, 18:33
Congratulations iannon - very nice find!
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by Victoria » Jun 21st, '10, 23:05
Really hard to capture the beauty of these new Crystallized Celadon Cups from JAS-e Tea:
Jun 21st, '10, 23:45
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by iannon » Jun 21st, '10, 23:45
wow..those look really neat..almost looks like flower petals in the pics
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by debunix » Jun 22nd, '10, 00:44
Indeed, the highly reflective material looks very tricky to light.
Gorgeous shimmery effects, though.
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by AndyJCL » Jun 22nd, '10, 00:56
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by iannon » Jun 22nd, '10, 02:15
Another nice Goodwill buy! right on!
