I want...

[chamekke]

But... my poor impulse control just caused me to hit "buy now" on some brand new Fred Parker things.

I hope you'll share the photographs so that I won't be so tempted by the ones you left behind!

Why on earth I must purchase more teaware, I'll never know. But like most of my hobbies, I have an obsession curve where I learn, learn, learn, then buy, buy, buy.

Oh, I hear you. One thing that feeds it, I think, is the fact that it's actually quite difficult to find this quality of teaware locally (infamous local consignment shop notwithstanding - and what I find in there is castoffs). Don't you think that might be a factor? So for me, at least, there's always the feeling that if I find something special, it must be pounced upon immediately or the opportunity may be lost. Hou De's gaiwan being an actual case in point!

Someday, when I finally make it to Japan, I will find myself swimming in a sea of beautiful tea wares, of staggering variety and abundance. And my head will explode.

[Victoria]

Congrats Geek, wow you are fast, he just posted today!
Lovely!

[Geekgirl]

So for me, at least, there's always the feeling that if I find something special, it must be pounced upon immediately or the opportunity may be lost. Hou De's gaiwan being an actual case in point!

This is exactly my problem. I'm a sucker for hard to find, OOAK, and handcrafted things. Though I have plenty of mass-produced teaware, most of it is not easily found locally. So when I order- especially from overseas- I also have this idea that I must buy several things to "make it worth the shipping."

Meanwhile... back at the bank...

[Geekgirl]

Here's one of my wants, but at $350, it's significantly out of my cost/benefit ratio gut-check range.

Click the photo for more views.

[Thirsty Daruma]

Geek, that piece has very earthy tones, and looks a bit "fossil" like to me. Which is stupendous! But you're right about the gut-check. I love that term - mind if I borrow it?

[Geekgirl]

Heh, borrow away. It's true, isn't it? my tummy always lets me know when I paid too much.

[joelbct]

The fortunate thing is that most of these wares do not trip the switch for me, because I have very poor impulse control. That pot, while stunning, just doesn't do it for me like handcrafted items.

Well you fit right in with most of us on that point! This thread is probably 70% handmade Japanese-ware... here is a smattering of items that i've posted myself!




















Wait where did that last one come from

[Geekgirl]

Ah yes, that second one... I've seen that before and sighed over it. It's so organic I just want to lick it. We should call this thread "wishes and wants."

[Geekgirl]

Okay, which one-a you just succumbed to a Parker teabowl? *hands on hips*

I want this:



It's somewhere in the neighborhood of $60 for this chaire, but apparently I need to go purchase in person. Gah. I also want this:



by the same artist. I don't know how much he wants for it. I'm afraid to ask. Afraid that it will be "affordable" and afraid that it won't.

Oh yes, and this, (same artist):



Artist's name is Hank Murrow, and he fires in Eugene, OR.

[chamekke]

OK, Joel, you and Geekgirl can fight over the white Shino chawan.

I want the murasaki Shino one above!

[Geekgirl]

I want the murasaki Shino one above!

It is stunning, isn't it? Okay, put up yer dukes!!!

[scruffmcgruff]

I want to whisk Sen-no-Rikyu's ashes into a nice frothy usucha. Mmm, mancha.

[chamekke]

I want to whisk Sen-no-Rikyu's ashes into a nice frothy usucha. Mmm, mancha.

Well, Rikyuu did say:

In the way of tea also, people with a true realization will come forth in later ages, and they will surely sense and share the aspiration that you and I have kept. If such a person extends a bowl of tea toward me - even though a hundred years have passed - it will moisten my bones; will not my departed spirit rejoice in accepting it?

I'm not sure how he'd feel about "mancha", though

[joelbct]

Scruff, I think that is heresy! Hopefully Sen Rikyu's spirit has a sense of humor.

And GeekGirl, I'll take that White/Orange Shino Chawan! What are the dimensions? I'll have to have my Eugene contacts look him up...

I would have bought either the Red or Orange ones above, but they were in the 2000-3000 range, and the current exchange rate ain't helping! Until I strike oil in my backyard or marry an heiress, my teaware budget is prob limited to about 1000 a year.... actually sounds better if you call it 90 a month!

[Geekgirl]

His chawan may indeed fall into that range.