Today, drank some lovely fall Alishon Oolong from a plastic topped stainless 'car cup'; some Anji white tea from a porcelain cup; and traditional roast Ti Kuan Yin from a porcelain cup.
Another two days before I can drink from my yunomis again.
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Re: Friday TeaDay 5/14/10 Material guys and gals?
Porcelain wins this one in a photo finish. Clay is a close second because I drink all my green tea from hagi cups but I use small porcelain cups for oolong/pu and a large porcelain yunomi for herbal or anything else.
Im drinking fresh Chamomile tonight(in a large porcelain yunomi)
Im drinking fresh Chamomile tonight(in a large porcelain yunomi)
Re: Friday TeaDay 5/14/10 Material guys and gals?
I really like reading the posts by experienced potters having taken several pottery classes 
I did try greenglazing once, on a vase I built out of coils...the glaze went on okay....but I never got to see how it turned out. In the class there wasn´t a lot of student involvement in the firing process...after it was fired it seemed to have disappeared
I don´t know it it fell apart in the kiln and was discarded, I just didn´t recognize it after firing or if someone took it 
I´d really like to get back into it in a less structured environment and learn more about clay and glaze types and firing especially...I need like a ceramics mentor or something.
I did try greenglazing once, on a vase I built out of coils...the glaze went on okay....but I never got to see how it turned out. In the class there wasn´t a lot of student involvement in the firing process...after it was fired it seemed to have disappeared
I don´t know it it fell apart in the kiln and was discarded, I just didn´t recognize it after firing or if someone took it I´d really like to get back into it in a less structured environment and learn more about clay and glaze types and firing especially...I need like a ceramics mentor or something.