Share a photograph of your favorite matcha chawan (teabowl)

[Victoria]

Wow - some gorgeous chawan!
I haven't checked this topic out for awhile - too busy!
But, IMHO, this thread has been quiet for too long!!
Here is a new chawan by Rob Fornell that I am just head over heals in love with - it reminds me of Yosemite, mountain ranges, caves, stalactites and stalagmites, there are eyes, and faces, ...
The Mino style Tengu Chawan:





(Please forgive my extrememly amateurish photography - I think some white balance issues? I don't even know. I tried to remedy, but, oh well.)
Now I've got to have some matcha!!!

Wow, that is beautiful! It really does look like a landscape! And it looks as though you captured it at midday, then at dusk. Great pics, thanks for sharing and congrats!

[Seeker]

Thanks Vic!
I adore this chawan.
The lip in its irregularity is so mountain-y.
I wish I could photograph better .
There are pink hues fading in and out throughout this piece,
and other amazing nuances that I just haven't captured.
When I saw he'd listed it, I jumped on it immediately and without hesitation (even though my budgetary mind reeled due to all my recent tea-ware purchases - the 5 chawan from shyrabbit, and all the recent TC SO's).
I am glad I took the leap tho.
This one's a stunner to me.

[woozl]

Who hoo, I saw that one, a real beaut.
You should be one happy matcha-man (or woman)

[MarshalN]

Here's one, posted on my blog recently, click to enlarge

[Seeker]

Matcha-man.
And, thanks Wooz - I luvvvvv it!

Nice drips Marsha!
I bet matcha looks amazing in that black and I love the brown streaks spiking down into the black.
Cool.

Chawan lovers awaken!

[Seeker]

Hi Fellow Tea-Folk!
Seeker here, your friendly neighborhood chawan/matcha-whore with yet
another chawan.
This is a Kohiki Chawan by the Ronin Ceramurai.

I love chawan and matcha and chadogu!
(now if only I could find a chashaku made entirely of wood )
Cheers to you all!
...and I'd sure like to see your chawan.
I've shown you mine...
won't you show me yours?

[hooksie]

This is absolutely gorgeous amorphiss!

Where did you find this piece?

[amorphiss]

hooksie,

I got this one from rikyucha.com - it's the only one I've seen on his site before. I've seen other pieces by Ryuzan Aoki similar to mine on trocadero a few times, though. So check there if you are interested!

[IPT]

This is my favorite Chawan. I named it Pele after the goddess of lava and volcanos for obvious reasons. I love the feel of this chawan and use it every morning. The glaze is really cool. The photo doesn't do it justice.

[Seeker]

At the risk of repeating myself IPT,
WOW!!!
You've inspired me, heh, heh, heh...

[bonjiri]

IPT .

xiexie

many thanks !

mahalo !

here's view of pele.

she is amazing

c

[IPT]

Hey Cory. Wow, your photo is much better than mine. I didn't even do it justice.

[blairswhitaker]

This is my favorite, maybe on the quite side but it looks so nice in the tea room, made by me, fired in a naboragami for a week, no glaze just ash build up. a lovely red stoneware, pressed a design in the side using ponderosa pine bark, the same wood that would "glaze this bowl, made around early 2004, many times I have heated the water and mixed the tea with this bowl...

[Chip]

Thanks for sharing with us, BSW. I like the natural element to this one. Do you have a site or etsy?

Have you checked this out?
http://www.teachat.com/viewforum.php?f=40

[Seeker]

Nice bowl Blairswh... !

I would LOVE to see some matcha in that bad boy and then maybe a pic of the whole shebang on "Today's matchawan"?


Cheers!