The unofficial/official HAGI topic!

[David R.]

Maybe we should create a topic named "Group Therapy for Hagi Addicted People" or "Hagidicted Anonymous."

[Stentor]

Maybe we should create a topic named "Group Therapy for Hagi Addicted People" or "Hagidicted Anonymous."

LOL I was just going to ask how you guys deal with your Hagi addiction.
I find myself looking more and more into Hagi ware and there is so much beautiful stuff out there and random googleing will find other people's Flickr albums showing off never before seen glazes and shapes.
It's really hard not to just buy everything

And I am still new to this! How's it going to end?!

It's just such a joy having my sencha out of my Hagi cups (especially the SO12!) that it's hard not to want to expand the collection.

[IPT]

There is only one surefire way to beat Hagi-addiction and that is to purchase more Hagi. When you have them all, then you will be cured.

[AdamMY]

There is only one surefire way to beat Hagi-addiction and that is to purchase more Hagi. When you have them all, then you will be cured.

Speaking of which look what came in the mail!

[Victoria]

Wow! Beautiful! Potter? Is that blue, or just the lighting?

[AdamMY]

Wow! Beautiful! Potter? Is that blue, or just the lighting?

Its just the lighting. It is a Deishi Shira hagi Guinomi. I rather like its size, its bigger than any other Guinomi I currently have.

[Victoria]

I was thinking Deishi, but the box looks different. Very cool.
I love the size of a larger guinomi, perfect!

[AdamMY]

I was thinking Deishi, but the box looks different. Very cool.
I love the size of a larger guinomi, perfect!

I have two other Deishi Guinomi and they actually look similar in terms of writing, and the stamp is most certainly very similar. I only wish I could read Japanese calligraphy as easily as I could read roman script. But I actually really like the appearance of this piece the ore and more I look at it.

[Chip]

Really nice one Adam! The shape and size is a lot like the earlier Deishi Biwa guinomi I purchased around 2 years ago. Holds more than most guinomi!

[AdamMY]

As requested on the Chat by Chip, the Foot of my latest Hagi piece.

[Chip]

Thanks Adam, identical koudei to the Deishi loquat from 2 years ago, which were ... and still are ... very nice indeedie!

[AdamMY]

I know a few of us have Choun pieces, well at least Chip does, I have noticed certain unique features of my Choun piece. Its a slightly bad photo but I tried to show how seemingly awkward this piece is staining. It has not done this all over yet but the glaze is so different than most hagi pieces that I wondered how it would stain, and this for now seems to be the answer.

[Chip]

Adam,

How many sessions and how many steeps would you say?

Looks cool in the photo.

Yeah, love Choun the man and the kiln. I have purchased 3 generations now.

[iannon]

I kinda like the way its staining

[AdamMY]

Adam,

How many sessions and how many steeps would you say?

Probably about 70 or so steeps, perhaps more, its been used for every single Gyo session, and all my late night sencha sessions. I should say that it is odd as it doesn't so much look as though the cracks are staining as the area right around the cracks is staining.