Today's MatchaWan :D (new name, but tea's the same)

[bonjiri]

skua . beautiful chawan ! i agree. some of the wilder pieces i make, high risk in making and firing tend to be my keepers.

i find the standard colors of tenmoku (black/brown), kuro (black) and white make wonderful contrasts with the finely ground green matcha powder.

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[Seeker]

That's a beautiful one Cory!
I've been looking it over repeatedly over at etsy.
Cheers!

[Chip]

That's a beautiful one Cory!
I've been looking it over repeatedly over at etsy.
Cheers!

Technically, Cory's posting of a chawan for sale on the general forum is both a general Forum and a TeawareArtisan rules violation. However ...

all my items are being auction and proceeds minus shipping/paypal fees will donated for the mashiko potters rebuilding fund

Therefore, this technicality is being overlooked.

[bonjiri]

That's a beautiful one Cory!
I've been looking it over repeatedly over at etsy.
Cheers!

Technically, Cory's posting of a chawan for sale on the general forum is both a general Forum and a TeawareArtisan rules violation. However ...

all my items are being auction and proceeds minus shipping/paypal fees will donated for the mashiko potters rebuilding fund

Therefore, this technicality is being overlooked.

sorry chip
thanks !
appreciate the support on behalf of people in japan.
humble thanks !

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todays tea in honor of chip. thanks !
special okashi from my wife's parents. called 'Akafuku' or 'red happiness' from an area near ise shrine.

[IPT]

Fantastic Chawan Cory! Was the crack intentional? I really like that.

[bonjiri]

Fantastic Chawan Cory! Was the crack intentional? I really like that.

the fissure or crack became the shomen (face)

cheers ! thanks !

[Chip]

todays tea in honor of chip. thanks !
special okashi from my wife's parents. called 'Akafuku' or 'red happiness' from an area near ise shrine.

Love the serendipity of this fissure! I hope you enjoyed the tea, humble thanks!

[bonjiri]

today, relaxing day hanging out with the family

fun !
relaxed

afternoon osanji
prototype natsu or summer chawan

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[Seeker]

Beautiful and gorgeous Cory!

I love your wild-er chawan, and await that next special one that calls...



ps - that bidoro yunomi makes me swoon.

[Seeker]

Today's matcha and chawan...
Chawan by Matt Brown (Moss Beach ceramics),
matcha is ippodo's horai.

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My apologies for not posting much lately - but it is do to my difficult relationship with my new camera. My last one came down with a stuck shutter, so I had to get a new one. And this new one distorts macro shots, and I can't seem to get the color balance right unless I'm using daylight (and my typical place to shoot my matcha shots is in the kitchen where there is a mixture of tunsgten and flourescent lighting).
Happy Sunday!
Cheers!

[Chip]

Seeker, I can relate to the camera issues and the indoor lighting only as well! Now I have a virus stricken computer that will not currently allow me to load photos from any camera.

Still you do a great job, Seeker. I don't think I ever noticed, this is a butcher block table?

Although I do not post photos here much, I always check out the topic! Thanks everyone for sharing!

[Drax]

Beautiful contrast of the red table with the green matcha.... the whisk almost looks red, too...??

[Seeker]

Both the butcher block and the chasen are a rich brown (with the butcher block being a bit more reddish brown, and the chasen being brown brown - same chasen Victoria has from Yuuki-cha).
sigh... the camera issues.

[bonjiri]

today's tea

a large cyclone or hurricane approaches from the south
its overcast. hitting taiwan and moving northward

today's tea in the calm before the storm.
double walled chawan. handcarved and thrown.

cheers

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[bonjiri]

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have a great and safe weekend !

slurp slurp slurp

cheers, cory