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by chamekke » Jul 27th, '08, 21:55
Well, "you" in this case meant anyone with a Hagiware piece that is condensing in a way that annoys rather than charms
Most of my Hagiware pieces are pretty good, but I have one or two that are still in weeping mode. It's particularly disconcerting when they weep through the foot (sounds like something a saint might do!),
and they leave brown marks behind. I've given one of the cups the overnight-soak-in-rice-gruel treatment, but I'll probably have to repeat it, since a single treatment didn't completely solve the problem.
The condensation on your cup is absolutely gorgeous. I wouldn't want to discourage that myself.
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by Salsero » Jul 27th, '08, 22:40
GeekgirlUnveiled wrote: I meant UNTIL I saw your picture! Yours was the one that caused the IMPULSE BUY, remember? Sheesh.
Good save. I almost believed you for a minute, but I'm still not telling.
Nanner, nanner, nanner!
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by britt » Jul 28th, '08, 08:05
chamekke wrote:If you ever decide you don't want your Hagi ware to weep (it's not so much fun when it happens through the foot!), a good rice-gruel soak usually does the trick.
My first Deishi matcha chawan would be more suitable for use as a pasta strainer than a tea bowl. On all counts, I think Deishi is very over-rated.
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by Geekgirl » Jul 28th, '08, 11:57
britt wrote:On all counts, I think Deishi is very over-rated.
That's nice.
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by Victoria » Jul 28th, '08, 14:52
britt wrote:chamekke wrote:If you ever decide you don't want your Hagi ware to weep (it's not so much fun when it happens through the foot!), a good rice-gruel soak usually does the trick.
My first Deishi matcha chawan would be more suitable for use as a pasta strainer than a tea bowl. On all counts, I think Deishi is very over-rated.
Have you tried Chamekke's recommended rice soak?
Jul 28th, '08, 16:01
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by lastcoyote » Jul 28th, '08, 16:01
couple of more additions to my gongfu set arrived today...think the white pieces look good against the yixing teapot
love the little aroma tea cup set as well. enjoy rolling the aroma cup between my hands whilst getting a good whiff!
just waiting for my new teapot from yunnan sourcing.
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by JRS22 » Jul 28th, '08, 16:21
It was an honor to be compared to Noutomi Choun, and those photos will help me design my next teapot, and maybe some matching cups, in September.
Teapots are a lot of fun to make, but building a functional spout is tough. My teacher is an expert potter, and she helped me design the spouts on all 3 teapots. The lids may not fit on the first 2, but the spouts work. She said in art college when people were studying how to make spouts one student designed a teapot that looked pretty, but with such a weird spout that no one could predict where to aim it to pour the tea into the cup rather than on the table.
Anyone who is inspired to take pottery classes to learn to make their own teaware should consider a handbuilding course, rather than wheelbuilding. Those neatly rounded kyusus from Rishi are probably made on a wheel, but the organic shapes are built and shaped by hand - no wheel.
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by Victoria » Jul 28th, '08, 17:07
lastcoyote wrote:
Love your incense burner. I just got your same pitcher and maybe that same gaiwan, does it have a ridge in the middle?
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by Salsero » Jul 28th, '08, 17:19
lastcoyote wrote: couple of more additions to my gongfu set arrived today...think the white pieces look good against the yixing teapot ... just waiting for my new teapot from yunnan sourcing.
Nice stuff, very beautiful and very nicely photographed.
JRS22 wrote: Those neatly rounded kyusus from Rishi are probably made on a wheel, but the organic shapes are built and shaped by hand - no wheel.
A year or so ago, ABx uploaded a very nice 30-minute video of someone making a yixing pot. I hope it is no violation if I share it here. To download, select (from right to left so it doesn't open), right click, and "Save Target As" to your desktop or wherever.
http://www.dyingsun.net/yixing.avi
If you are even marginally interested in pottery, you will love this resource.
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by lastcoyote » Jul 28th, '08, 17:33
Victoria wrote:Love your incense burner. I just got your same pitcher and maybe that same gaiwan, does it have a ridge in the middle?
thanks!
saw the incense burner on ebay and just had to buy it as i loved the shape of it.
no the gaiwan doesn't have the ridge in the middle..think i know the one you mean though. my one was called: Hengfu Qing Dynasty Kuan Bone China Gaiwan.
Jul 28th, '08, 17:54
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by Bert » Jul 28th, '08, 17:54
lastcoyote wrote:couple of more additions to my gongfu set arrived today...think the white pieces look good against the yixing teapot
hm.. I think I have a similar tea lotus and fairness cup. maybe the same. Is the glace slightly greenish? And does the tea lotus have no glace on the underside? With two black chinese signs? I've got mine from a Taiwanese tea trader and from the set also a fitting lovely porcelain teapot I use for lucha.
And sometimes I miss a handle on my fairness cup - it can be so damned hot.
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by Salsero » Jul 28th, '08, 18:07
Bert wrote: ... tea lotus ...
Is a
tea lotus the strainer and its stand?
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by lastcoyote » Jul 28th, '08, 18:08
Bert wrote:hm.. I think I have a similar tea lotus and fairness cup. maybe the same. Is the glace slightly greenish? And does the tea lotus have no glace on the underside? With two black chinese signs? I've got mine from a Taiwanese tea trader and from the set also a fitting lovely porcelain teapot I use for lucha.
And sometimes I miss a handle on my fairness cup - it can be so damned hot.
ok i'm fairly new to this game so...is the 'fairness cup' the serving pitcher? if so the glaze isn't really what i would call greenish. the lotus..which i understand to be the presentation vessel hasn't got a glazed bottom like you say..so probably the same one as yours. has a small green signature on the bottom.
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by britt » Jul 28th, '08, 19:47
Victoria wrote:Have you tried Chamekke's recommended rice soak?
I haven't tried it yet but I wonder how this will affect the taste of matcha afterwards? I guess if I don't use it anyway, there's nothing much to lose.
I do have another Deishi that doesn't leak and I use that quite a bit.
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by britt » Jul 28th, '08, 19:54
JRS22 wrote:She said in art college when people were studying how to make spouts one student designed a teapot that looked pretty, but with such a weird spout that no one could predict where to aim it to pour the tea into the cup rather than on the table.
Sounds like some of the Yixings I own! The Yixing spouts they call "beauty leg" can go clear over the cup. I guess that's why they use fair cups to pour the tea into first.
I would guess that the spout design you used would work very well. A lot of Hagi use that type of spout.
Good luck on your next project!
