We already have "Show off your Hagi" and "Show off your Teaware" threads, so I thought I'd add this into the mix.
This thread is devoted to teaware that "gets better with age" yixing, celadon, or whatever else you can think of. Feel free to show off the progression of your patina.
To start it off...
ru kiln celadon: used for about a month
80's tea tray, taken out of storage recently, used for the first time today.
It looks lifeless and dull now, but I have a teapot made from (literally) this same clay, and its becoming shiny w/ reddish stains.
50's yixing: I bought it with a patina, then cleaned it. The patina rapidly returned
80's "zhuni" (I think): there's a nice patina on the underside of the spout.
ru kiln celadon: used for about a month
80's tea tray, taken out of storage recently, used for the first time today.
It looks lifeless and dull now, but I have a teapot made from (literally) this same clay, and its becoming shiny w/ reddish stains.
50's yixing: I bought it with a patina, then cleaned it. The patina rapidly returned
80's "zhuni" (I think): there's a nice patina on the underside of the spout.
Last edited by trent on Apr 11th, '09, 04:20, edited 1 time in total.
