Teaware artist stamp/sign

[Nirraven]

Hello teachat-forum,

i am totally new in the teaworld and in this forum.
Many of your post helped me a lot to learn something new, thanks for that

Now back to topic, i was looking for some kyusu's and i am bit confused when it comes to the stamps from the artist.
I see some teaware from the same artist but with different stamps or some have double stamps.

For example someting from Yuuki-Cha Tachi Masaki:



Both from Tachi Masaki but with different stamps, can someone help me out what the difference means?

Thanks

[pedant]

good question. i'll start by saying that i don't know what i'm talking about -- these are all just observations and assumptions.
the short answer to your question is: i don't know, but i think that it's just the artist being whimsical.

now i'll ramble:
i assume that artists often make a bunch of stamps for fun as time goes on, and there may not be a clear reason as to why sometimes one stamp is used over another.

sometimes stamps are different sizes, so for a small piece with less 'real estate', a smaller (and sometimes simplified) stamp may be used.

as an example, here are couple of stamps from SHIMIZU Ken:



the second one is simplified and shows only 文平 (bunpei).

sometimes an artist will sign by hand instead of using a stamp. sometimes they only do that for special pieces.

here's a set of stamps/signatures for you to peruse:
http://www.tokoname.or.jp/teapot/stamp/

[Nirraven]

Thanks for response, the link is nice!

Seems like ther is not THE answer.