Teaware Vendor Listing

[Noonie]

I've found a lot of tea ware by looking at the vendors (from the Vendor Guides) for particular types of tea, however, I see pictures of tea ware in the various threads that I haven't stumbled over when I've visited these sites. When reading posts I see references to artists, or maybe stores (sometimes hard to tell)...and I thought...wouldn't it be nice to have a list of tea ware vendors, by the popular style of vessel (to start with), but, list those vendors that are not already in the vendor guide.

Or...are those scoring this great tea ware reluctant to share their sources

[Devoted135]

I have found that I strongly prefer "artisan-made" teacups over those available commercially. A number of artisans have their own threads that you can view under Teaware Artisans at the bottom of the forum's main page. Usually there is a link to an etsy or an "available now" page somewhere on the first page of their thread. Some others don't have a presence on the forum, but have an etsy shop or a website where you can contact them.

[AdamMY]

This is a hard to adequately put into words. While most vendors find their way around the forum, as I am sure they find their way around many other circles of ceramics/ teaware enthusiasts. The hard part about sharing vendors is not that we want to keep business away from the vendors, ultimately I think we want them to succeed which is why the names do get around.

The real trouble is when you get into artisan hand made pieces is most the time they are one of a kind, or very close to one of a kind. Even in runs of similar pieces it is shocking about how the way the fire hit the glaze on one vs the other can cause a world of difference in how much one person likes one vs the other. So while we like to support vendors, there is the constant worry that too many people in the pool will cause items you like to be purchased faster than you can discover them.

[Drax]

A less sinister answer is that the links are buried in old threads that most of us have read, and that we don't post links anymore unless we are asked.

It's true that we don't have a 'sticky' teaware vendor list, though the topic has come up in the past.

One old thread that would be good to check would be this one right here, and especially to read all the comments that follow.