Show Off Your Pots and Cups, Part IV

[britt]

Very nice and diverse collection! Looks like you have all teas covered.

[heavydoom]

#7 and #8 are for t***e/s**e!!!

[Wesli]

Ok now, no more quoting these photo-chains. If you feel you need to, quote at most one pot you are actually replying to.

[Salsero]

Ok now, no more quoting these photo-chains. If you feel you need to, quote at most one pot you are actually replying to.

Yippee for the voice of common sense and morality!

[tenuki]

Celedon tasting cup Stephane threw in my last order. I didn't like it when I first pulled it out of the box, but it's growing on me.

[hop_goblin]

Why didn't you like it Tenuki? Its lovly.

[tenuki]

Why didn't you like it Tenuki? Its lovly.

<shrug> too pretty. Now that I've started to notice some imperfection I'm starting to like it. I think it is a revulsion for massed produced things that I'm starting to develop.

[hop_goblin]

Why didn't you like it Tenuki? Its lovly.

<shrug> too pretty. Now that I've started to notice some imperfection I'm starting to like it. I think it is a revulsion for massed produced things that I'm starting to develop.

Awwh ok.. Well, enjoy!

[Geekgirl]

Cups are from "Vince and Sabrina," purchased for a song and a Poppet picture (and the requisite shiny gold rocks,) at Portland Saturday Market. Handbuilt, and they were pretty excited when I called brown one "wabi." hehe. The photo doesn't do it justice. At the bottom where the glaze rounds and finishes, is a beautiful medium blue tone.

[britt]

Why didn't you like it Tenuki? Its lovly.

<shrug> too pretty. Now that I've started to notice some imperfection I'm starting to like it. I think it is a revulsion for massed produced things that I'm starting to develop.

Something that's too perfect and symetrical can get boring pretty quickly no matter how nicely painted, formed, etc it is. Some of the ugly, imperfect items can become favorites after actually using them.

I can't believe the Bizen sake set I ordered this morning; it's about as imperfect as you can get. A year ago I would have laughed when I saw it but now I couldn't resist buying it, especially after learning a bit about how difficult Bizen pottery is to make. The survival rate from the kiln is only 30% and I'm told it's almost impossible to duplicate an item or to really know how it will turn out after firing.

I think the Japanese introduced the wabi-sabi concept as a means to get rid of their rejects. We buy the rejects and think they're attractive! Seriously, some of the imperfections are difficult to produce like when an artisan copies a really famous, ancient matcha chawan that currently resides in a museum. In these cases, they're attempting to duplicate an imperfect original.

[Space Samurai]

That cup is wonderful.

[Wesli]

Yeah..... wow

[chamekke]

Very, very beautiful.

I want to caress it... what a gorgeous glaze.

{drools unbecomingly, AGAIN}

[MarshalN]

Since we seem to be in teapot family mode

I put this up on my blog about two weeks ago when I first unpacked all my crap

[tenuki]

you have to many, send some to me.


(beauties, all of them)