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by Salsero » Jan 14th, '09, 23:09

tomd wrote: Made it myself.
Epatant! I never imagined it possible. Truly congratulations!

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by bearsbearsbears » Jan 15th, '09, 01:45

tomd wrote:Heres my latest. Made it myself. The main body was done on a potters wheel. Nice and thick walls hold heat in well for pu erh. 100 mL
Cute pot! It's very hard to make pots that small. You'll have to make a how-to vid. Like the underglaze, too.

In that vein, these are pieces I pulled out of the kiln the other day:

A Tea Tray:
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Two Gaiwans:
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and a Jar:
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by Trioxin » Jan 15th, '09, 01:50

Totally *BOO* Bears. Do you ever sell any of the pieces you make? I want a Gaiwan.

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by Salsero » Jan 15th, '09, 02:56

Fantastic, Bears! I can't believe how good you have gotten so quickly. Trioxin, good to see you surfacing.

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by ABx » Jan 15th, '09, 03:44

You know, I'm normally happy as a clam with my $5 gaiwans and yixing sutra pots with slow pour times until people like Bears come around with their aaaantiiiiques and haaaand maaade gaiwans and trays... :P 8)

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by hop_goblin » Jan 15th, '09, 08:46

Bears- truly impressive!

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by geeber1 » Jan 15th, '09, 08:49

Tomd and Bears, those are amazing pieces!

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by danibob » Jan 15th, '09, 13:22

wow to tomd and bears. Stunning work!

I wanted to share my very first and brand new gaiwan that came today! It's from Imperial Tea Court

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It's lovely. I can't wait for my oolongs to arrive to try it out!

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by Victoria » Jan 15th, '09, 14:54

Congratulations! The pics were not very detailed on that site either.
Nice close up!

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by brianlavelle » Jan 15th, '09, 15:21

Bears, I just love that tea tray. Beautiful. Can I ask what size it is roughly?

You need to open a web shop! :D

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by edkrueger » Jan 15th, '09, 15:24

tomd wrote:Heres my latest. Made it myself. The main body was done on a potters wheel. Nice and thick walls hold heat in well for pu erh. 100 mL

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Wow, you are good! Is this your first pot?

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by edkrueger » Jan 15th, '09, 15:25

bearsbearsbears wrote:
tomd wrote:Heres my latest. Made it myself. The main body was done on a potters wheel. Nice and thick walls hold heat in well for pu erh. 100 mL
Cute pot! It's very hard to make pots that small. You'll have to make a how-to vid. Like the underglaze, too.

In that vein, these are pieces I pulled out of the kiln the other day:

A Tea Tray:
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Two Gaiwans:
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and a Jar:
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Jason, when are you gong to send me some BearsBrearsBears brand tea ware?

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by Geekgirl » Jan 15th, '09, 15:37

Here are a few of my latest acquisitions. The first teabowl, sadly, arrived broken into 2 nearly halves, and several smaller pieces. The shipper somehow thought that one thin sheet of rice paper would be adequate wrapping to travel half-way around the globe. :roll: Shame too, since it had a matching tied box and everything.

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by olivierco » Jan 15th, '09, 15:49

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:Here are a few of my latest acquisitions. The first teabowl, sadly, arrived broken into 2 nearly halves, and several smaller pieces. The shipper somehow thought that one thin sheet of rice paper would be adequate wrapping to travel half-way around the globe. :roll: Shame too, since it had a matching tied box and everything.
It was a really nice looking chawan.
But the other ones are quite nice too!

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by Salsero » Jan 15th, '09, 16:05

danibob wrote: I wanted to share my very first and brand new gaiwan that came today!
Very nice gaiwan, Danibob. What is the approximate capacity? You are going to have a lot of fun with it!

Geekgirl -- nice chawans. How many do you have now? Like 20? How many do you plan on owning when all is said and done?

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