Show Off Your Pots and Cups XIII

[Victoria]

Beautiful! For some reason, I don't remember seeing that one, did the original photos show the sakura flowers?

Yes there were a few that had them. I think Geeber got one also.
Feeling right now!!

Smells_Familiar - Very nice!! Love the drippy!!!

[Corona]

I know mine didn't actually show the flowers in the picture. It was number 14, which still can be viewed in the special offer thread. I was so excited when I realized that it had the three flowers on it! It's most definitely the one in the photo though, the flowers just must not have been included in the picture.

Regards,

[Smells_Familiar]

Chip, the Tengu-yu glaze is alive!

Edit: Thanks Victoria! I always love to read your kind comments.

[Geekgirl]

I know mine didn't actually show the flowers in the picture.

Oh wow! Sneaky! I know mine have flowers.

[Victoria]

Ack! I was debating on #14, had I known it had the sakura.


So maybe #13 does as well?

[Geekgirl]

you could ask chris.

[Victoria]

Not for me, but for someone on the fence.

[Geekgirl]

LOL! How many did YOU get?

Speaking of new teaware, here's my new aka raku bowl. It's unlike anything else in my collection.




I've never had any raku. This piece is incredibly lightweight. It sounds like a small terracotta pot when you tap it. And the whole thing seems to be quite porous, like hagi. The glaze is very complex, it seems like just a gloss wash, but from looking at pictures of akaraku where the foot isn't glazed, I know the glaze actually might be orange. I love it.

[Chip]

TC TA SO #1 ... #13 wan is sold ... sakura or not. I don't think that it does. Geek, I removed photos as pieces sold as well. So that may be why you did not see it?

Still two chawan and a really cool vase ... I speak first hand as vase #1 arrived here today ... so cool.

EDIT, great Raku Geek, details if you please?

[Victoria]

LOL! How many did YOU get?

I only got one.

It's beautiful Geek, congrats!

[rdl]

[quote="Geekgirl"] It sounds like a small terracotta pot when you tap it.

that is the nature of raku yaki; to capture the "zen" of silence while whisking the matcha and not hearing a sound if the chasen hits the inside of the chawan.
... that's a beautiful piece you have.

[chicagopotter]

Ack! I was debating on #14, had I known it had the sakura.


So maybe #13 does as well?

Sorry all, I didn't even realize the sakura wasn't in the pic on #14...it was a flurry of (poor) photo taking and editing last week! I can confirm that #13 doesn't have any sakura. It's actually only the yunomi/wan w/out decoration -- just the pink glaze. And it's been snatched up...

[chicagopotter]

Here's another I really like. By Mr. Fornell.

I lust after a clay body that dark!

[chittychat]

Wow beautiful and sad.

Why sad? That old bull and former owner of the tusk might have died a natural death or killed in fair combat by the natives unlike todays mass slaughter. BTW the circumference at the top is 36 cm or over 14". I got it from a former English interpreter of General Chiang Kai Shek.

[Abracadaver!]

Today was a good mail day... new warez from ChicagoPotter, Petr Novak, and IPT all at once! Pics to follow...