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

[Nenugal]

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have a great and safe weekend !

slurp slurp slurp

cheers, cory

Very nice chawan! I like the internal white glaze splashes

slurp slurp...

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[Tobias]

Vintage chawan and matcha chocolate thingie:

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I think I need a new camera...

[Seeker]

Great postings/matcha pics Cory, Nenugal, Tobias! Thank you!

May each of you be well,
May you be safe,
May you be happy.

(Careful what you wish for T, I got a new camera and really don't like my shots much lately - sigh )

[Seeker]

Inspired by GeekGirl today, so took some matcha shots this morning.
The first two shots are in the kitchen where there is a mix of flourescent, incandescent, and very diffused sunlight.
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The color of the matcha in the shot made the camera change the temperature of the shot:


The final shot is natural sunlight only.


The chawan is by Landry Deese.
Cheers.

[Geekgirl]

See now you have me wanting to play around with WB. I even got out my little point and shoot (which I never use because I'm spoiled by manual shooting.)

[Drax]

I had taken my matcha-making equipment into work so that I could enjoy it with co-workers. This long weekend, I brought it home...! I was hoping to get lucky in the timing of a new chawan, but it was not meant to be. Instead, I enjoyed matcha in the Ice Split that I got from Abracadavre... it's pretty a little tight for the whisk... or maybe that's "just right"...?



And I gobbled up the kaoru supreme pretty quickly....!!

[Seeker]

Your 'Ice Split' is a beaut Drax.
But how'd you whisk - by spinning your chasen?
Cheers.

[Drax]

Your 'Ice Split' is a beaut Drax.
But how'd you whisk - by spinning your chasen?
Cheers.

Thanks, Seeker!

It was definitely tight. I did smack against the sides of the 'chawan' a lot, but fortunately, a chasen is moderately flexible...

[hopeofdawn]

Brand new chawan, so I wanted to share my very first matcha picture-taking session with everyone ...



And a more distant shot to show off more of the chawan's form ...

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This chawan is by Reid Ozaki, a local ceramic artist, and is seriously amazing--I have more shots of the interior I plan to spam the main teaware topic with, but every time I pick this piece up I find something new I'd never noticed about it before ... It was an impulse buy, but I definitely don't regret it!

[Seeker]

Wow, gorgeous Hope!
Thanks for sharing.
Great shots!
Makes me thirsty for Matcha!
(even tho I'm on a self imposed matcha break)
Cheers.

[GreenwoodStudio]

I think I've just fallen hopelessly in love with your chawan, it's absolutly beautiful

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[karmaplace]

Wow, Hope! That's super gorgeous. I immediately tried to find out more about Mr. Ozaki and found his website.

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I want! I wish I could find a place he sells his pieces online.

Oh, and I'm hungry for matcha.

[Geekgirl]

YES! I have several Ozaki chawan, one like the one you posted, and two others, completely different. LOVE them!

[David R.]

A friend brought me back a box a cakes from Lebanon... I love them !

[hopeofdawn]

Wow, Hope! That's super gorgeous. I immediately tried to find out more about Mr. Ozaki and found his website.

I know! I went looking for more info on him as well--though sadly, I couldn't find anyplace he sells his work online either! Which is probably better for my budget, all things considered, but still ... If anyone is in the Seattle area, tho, I definitely recommend checking out his work at the Seattle Center craft gallery--I don't know how long it's down there, but there were some amazing chawan and other pieces left when I was there on Monday!