Hole in my teacup

[AdamMY]

thanks i'll have to take a look there, i would love to see what the outside looks like either way beautiful piece

This is the cup in use.

[rdl]

I do appreciate your attempt to persuade me that this is not a flaw. But for me, these things are subjective: as I said, would you not be sad if you dropped a cup you liked and it got a big chip? I might see a smallish hole in the glaze as a problem, you may not. But what if the hole was twice the size? Or, say, an inch or two wide? At some point you'd surely draw the line and say 'I don't like that'. People being different, my line is in a different place to yours and the hole meant I didn't like the cup . The stains and other marks I like (though actually I find the big dent a bit daft).
John, you suggest I learn from it: to my surprise I have: that I can have quite strong feelings about what I like and what I don't when it comes to tea cups! Even if these are different from what everyone else thinks.
I do feel the need to apologise as well, for sounding-off like this and not accepting the advice of people who know far far more about all this than I do but I think there are times you've got to go with what feels right.

yanom,
i think the equation is more simple. your ex-cup is an example of an accepted japanese aesthetic (the more you discover japanese ceramics the more exaggerated examples you will find) and you DON'T like it.
i commend you. you looked carefully at the results of what was in your hands and full of tea and concluded this work wasn't for you. it "felt" like a fault in the cup. you did what everyone should do. use the cup or whatever you have and if all the elements fall into place it is a successful work of art for you. i find no apologies necessary. the other suggestions above are helpful to appreciating ceramics, but to own and use something i think your approach works well. i often buy a piece that i feel has one element i am uncomfortable with and as i use the piece i enjoy the appreciation and small conflict i have with it - over time both the appreciation and conflict evolve, just like the crazing.
but a pen holder?

[Ostara]

love the outside of it even more

[iannon]

I understand that finding something irksome about a piece of teaware might really not add to your tea enjoyment. But seriously, you could find a bunch of tealovers here who'd enjoy giving a cup like that a home, and you'd recover part of your investment in it if you sold it via a teaSwap.

+1 If it is not too late for this cup to be "teaswapped" I would implore you to do so. There would be many here, I am most certain, that would love to use this cup for its originally intended purpose I do own a "Spring" Nakao and personally I love it.

[I<3rooibos4L]

I understand where you are coming from. It is a very sad occurrence when people can not appreciate a tea cup for its true value, simply because of a little flaw. In Japanese tea cups, just like indeed in humans, small flaws are added purposely to acknowledge the fact that, 'Yes! It is alright to not be perfect!'. What is perfection anyway? Is perfection the lack of flaws, like darkness is the lack of light - like silence is the lack of sound? No!!!!!!!!!!! Perfection is the combination of the variety of traits that make up a human being - just like the elements of a teacup make it of true value to its owner.

[ilovethetea]

The previous comment regarding perfection has not only helped me to realise the true beauty behind imperfection in teacups but also the soul of the human and how imperfection is essential for a fulfilled life a question for, I<3rooibos4L, iam also a fan of rooibos4, can you please enlighten me on the magic behind the production of japanese teacups? thanks

[Chip]

... ummmm ... the last 2 posts are from the same exact IP ... just thought I would enlighten you all ...

[Ambrose]

that's odd

[Chip]

that's odd

Yeah!

Nothing like patting oneself on the back ...

[IPT]

Haha, that is really bizarre.

[bagua7]

A short circuit in the Matrix?