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!
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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Heavens to etsy! Wowza, that is really stunning! ... runs to etsy ...
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I invited BrayPottery to join the forum and TeawareArtisans! Keep your fingers crossed.
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Nathan does really nice work, I've been a fan for a while.
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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
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
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I just fainted.... that's the best teacup I've ever seen!
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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 ....
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The shape is amazing. Gotta check out his etsy page!!
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+1rabbit wrote:I just fainted.... that's the best teacup I've ever seen!
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new little portable set.
not sure what it says..maybe its a promo/advert thing?
It is pretty small
as you can see here..
The Gaiwan looks to be about 80ml
not sure what it says..maybe its a promo/advert thing?
It is pretty small
as you can see here..
The Gaiwan looks to be about 80ml
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Great set, iannon! Love the wooden chest, too!iannon wrote:new little portable set.
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just arrived from the mail from hojo tea... my first kyusu to start with
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Neat!iannon wrote:new little portable set.
not sure what it says..maybe its a promo/advert thing?
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 but I'm not sure about the last two.