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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by hopeofdawn » Jan 21st, '11, 11:19

So it took me a while to get good photos of these, but I thought I'd share my very first teaware purchase via Etsy! :D

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For the curious, the piece is by Nathan Bray (braypottery on Etsy). The cup has a celadon glaze over porcelain, and is amazingly light and delicate in the hand. The first picture is probably the most accurate in terms of color--the glaze on this is very subtle, shading from beige to cream to a sky blue, and very hard to capture with my little camera!

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by debunix » Jan 21st, '11, 11:30

Beautiful!

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Chip » Jan 21st, '11, 12:10

Heavens to etsy! Wowza, that is really stunning! ... runs to etsy ...

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Chip » Jan 21st, '11, 12:41

I invited BrayPottery to join the forum and TeawareArtisans! Keep your fingers crossed. :mrgreen:

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by GreenwoodStudio » Jan 21st, '11, 12:46

Nathan does really nice work, I've been a fan for a while.

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Marco » Jan 21st, '11, 15:56

Ambrose you know I love your Black-Magda-cups.
Are there some new ones out of the kiln Petr? :)

@cory: this is such a great Chawan - imediately fell in love with its look!

@hopeofdawn: stunning! - great trasure

today there are so many nice things shown here - I think I need new teaware - the fever spreads :mrgreen:

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by rabbit » Jan 21st, '11, 15:59

I just fainted.... that's the best teacup I've ever seen!

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by hopeofdawn » Jan 21st, '11, 17:32

Thanks, everyone! I have to admit, this forum has infected me with a serious case of teaware lust. I spend waaay too much time now surfing Etsy for beautiful tea things .... :oops:

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Stentor » Jan 21st, '11, 17:47

The shape is amazing. Gotta check out his etsy page!!

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by the_economist » Jan 21st, '11, 18:18

rabbit wrote:I just fainted.... that's the best teacup I've ever seen!
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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by iannon » Jan 21st, '11, 20:14

new little portable set.
not sure what it says..maybe its a promo/advert thing?
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It is pretty small :)
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as you can see here..
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The Gaiwan looks to be about 80ml
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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Takarabune » Jan 21st, '11, 23:14

iannon wrote:new little portable set.
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Great set, iannon! Love the wooden chest, too!

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by odarwin » Jan 22nd, '11, 20:46

just arrived from the mail from hojo tea... my first kyusu to start with

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by iannon » Jan 22nd, '11, 20:48

And not a bad way to start odarwin! sweet

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Re: NEW CHAPTER! Show Off Your Pots and Cups XV

by Drax » Jan 23rd, '11, 17:46

iannon wrote:new little portable set.
not sure what it says..maybe its a promo/advert thing?
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Neat!

The 4 large characters on the bottom say, oddly enough, "travel tea tools."

The four more "cursive" ones... I'll guess the first two say Hua Liang because of the register mark :D but I'm not sure about the last two.

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