Jan 31st, '09, 22:56
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PolyhymnianMuse wrote:Thanks for that heads-up Sal, as I was planning on getting the 250g size next time around.Salsero wrote:Great tea table. It really is very striking. If you order the 250 gr DHP you get it in a mylar bag with Chinese writing and pictures. Love the ghost cat!
Aren't many of the best pictures completly accidental?
Na Na Na Na Na....
Do something different, something different will happen. ( Gong Fu Garden )
I finally took some pictures of some of my treasures. Herein, some painted beauties:
The Hagiyaki wing of my collection:
I have a bit of a crab fetish:
Two treasured yunomi by American potters (Robert Fornell and Brandon Phillips):
Here's where I'd drink my tea if I were 1 cm tall (it's a work in progress---I'm having trouble making tiny plants that look real and appropriate):
The Hagiyaki wing of my collection:
I have a bit of a crab fetish:
Two treasured yunomi by American potters (Robert Fornell and Brandon Phillips):
Here's where I'd drink my tea if I were 1 cm tall (it's a work in progress---I'm having trouble making tiny plants that look real and appropriate):
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Dear moderators and fellow members: Am I qualified yet to offer items for swapping? Below are four chataku that are available---I'd love to add some new ones to my collection since I'm really selective about pairing them with my teacups. (The right chataku makes all the difference!) Here are the chataku; anyone have one or some for trade?:
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Feb 1st, '09, 13:34
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Amanita Eater - what a fantastic collection!
I love the Hagiyaki, the porcelain (esp. the blue-and-white one, the persimmon and the chili peppers!), the American yunomi (lucky you), and of course - the crabs. They are totally endearing
I love the Hagiyaki, the porcelain (esp. the blue-and-white one, the persimmon and the chili peppers!), the American yunomi (lucky you), and of course - the crabs. They are totally endearing
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Hi chamekke---thanks for the kind words. It's wonderful to finally share my treasures with fellow enthusiasts...
By the way, I wanted to ask you: Your icon photo with the tiny kyusu on your finger: is that a Rement item? And how on earth did you manage that photo? You must have very still hands. I couldn't manage to balance the teapot on my finger, much less keep it still enough for a photo!
By the way, I wanted to ask you: Your icon photo with the tiny kyusu on your finger: is that a Rement item? And how on earth did you manage that photo? You must have very still hands. I couldn't manage to balance the teapot on my finger, much less keep it still enough for a photo!
Feb 1st, '09, 14:35
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Yes, the little kyusu is by Rement. I shot the photo with the camera in my right hand (on macro setting) and the kyusu perched on my left thumbnail. Not sure how I did it, but I probably did it while sitting down, with my left elbow propped on the chair arm. Even then there was probably a bit of blur due to camera shake (or rather "thumb shake"), but when you take a photo down to icon size, it's pretty hard to seeAmanita Eater wrote:Hi chamekke---thanks for the kind words. It's wonderful to finally share my treasures with fellow enthusiasts...
By the way, I wanted to ask you: Your icon photo with the tiny kyusu on your finger: is that a Rement item? And how on earth did you manage that photo? You must have very still hands. I couldn't manage to balance the teapot on my finger, much less keep it still enough for a photo!
It didn't hurt that the kyusu is solid-state, i.e. the lid doesn't come off. Otherwise, I would try making tea with it, from a single fragment of a tealeaf plus one drop of water.
This kyusu is from a set that also contained a yunomi (with chataku) and large tea chest. Very cute. I'm not particularly tchotchke-oriented (she said, lying through her teeth), but I really do have a weakness for some of the Japanese tea pieces that Rement makes. For example, they do a fabulous "tea sweets" line that includes this and this and this and this and this. OK, I'm stopping now.
And I just discovered (on Flickr) that they even have an oni-hagi tea set!!!
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Feb 1st, '09, 14:39
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Stunning tea wares! And a very beautiful composition, too. I love your use of depth of field to keep the sharpest focus on the tea itself.TIM wrote:Japanese Blue & White 染付 is my new fave of the Month.
Sometsuke rocks.
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Sign of a true tea enthusiast.chamekke wrote:<snip> It didn't hurt that the kyusu is solid-state, i.e. the lid doesn't come off. Otherwise, I would try making tea with it, from a single fragment of a tealeaf plus one drop of water.
heh
TIM - Beautiful set! After closing my mind to anything blue, due to the color scheme of my house, I have since seen the error of my ways.
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That's good to hear. I found this one a couple weeks ago, and I plan on getting it eventually. What is the availability on tokoname? Are AN kyusu usually a one time thing, or do craftsman generally keep a steady supply? Is this going to be available a couple months from now? I wouldn't want to miss out on this one.Chip wrote:Well, AN has not listed the dragon kyusu as sold, so maybe they have more than one.
I recently got this one with "TeaBucks."
It is possibly the nicest working kyusu I have ever owned
and feels GREAT.
It has a sasame screen. The craftsman is Kenji
*LOVES it.*
Textured kokudei teapot by Kenji
Feb 1st, '09, 15:45
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Victoria, that's lovely.
And I really like seeing people making a drinking vessel out of something whose original use was different. There are some wonderful "cups" out there when we start thinking outside the box.
And I really like seeing people making a drinking vessel out of something whose original use was different. There are some wonderful "cups" out there when we start thinking outside the box.
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