Geekgirl Photo: The Art of Tea

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by Dreamer » Jun 30th 09 9:16 pm

Cory,

The fishy cups are from www.purepuer.com...A pair came with the gaiwan...they are sweet cups, but the shape doesn't work for me...they were too nice to keep "locked up" so I put them up for swap. I was thrilled when geekgirl got them...I knew she'd put them to good use!!! Hopefully, those little fishies will swim by in another picture someday!

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by clareandromeda » Jun 30th 09 9:21 pm

Dreamer, there was an issue with your link, here it is:

set:
http://purepuer.com/puer_tea/do/product ... Fish%20Set
just cup:
http://purepuer.com/puer_tea/do/product ... h%20Teacup

so pretty and so cheap!!!

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by Geekgirl » Jul 13th 09 12:13 am

An afternoon of tea:

a cup of tea, a summer storm
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Tea is Baozhong - Honorable Mention, from Floating Leaves Tea. Most excellent.

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by Seeker » Jul 13th 09 3:22 am

Oooo, GG,

I love the dragon/gargoyle!!!

Wonderful tea companion/spirit.

Peace.

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by Chip » Jul 13th 09 8:08 pm

Great shots Geek. Really like the fishy cup shots. :D
blah blah blah SENCHA blah blah blah!!!

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Re: Geekgirl Photo: The Art of Tea

by Geekgirl » Jul 26th 09 3:19 am

I've had very little worth posting up lately. Seems I'm on another learning curve (involuntarily,) and nearly everything I've shot has either been just like everything else, or frankly quite terrible. And yes, I am my own worst critic, but believe it when I say QUITE TERRIBLE. Ha!

Last night I was at the Japanese garden for a showcase. (Teaware and other artistic endeavors.) I went in search of the koi. The gardens lost many of their koi this last winter due to our unprecedented freeze - the worst snow and longest stretch of freezing temperatures we'd had here in the Portland area in over 40 years. I found just a few down at the end next to the tiny falls, my favorite spot. They are difficult to capture in a photo, but I liked how this turned out.

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This is the spot:

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This image was taken just 3 weeks before our big snowstorm hit.

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by FaerieNights » Aug 4th 09 5:40 am

Just had to say, your photography is inspirational! I have a Cannon Rebel too that I've only just begun to experiment with. Point and shoot is simple enough, but to create artwork from photos like you have... well I just want to go out and play now! You convey such emotion and mood in your pics, I love it!

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by bonjiri » Aug 4th 09 6:32 am

GG

i love your photographs !

aloha

c

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by Mrs. Chip » Aug 14th 09 3:15 pm

Hey Geek,
When are your toys gonna 'come out and play TeaParty again' for the camera?
Miss seeing your work, hope you have time from your busy schedule to show us some new stuff. Maybe this weekend?

How's Murphy? More pics of him, drinking tea of course, would be fun too!
Just posted an update on Fuji in pets.

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by Geekgirl » Aug 17th 09 8:54 pm

Hey Mrs. Chip, thanks for asking. I haven't been shooting much lately for various reasons. I got my trusty cam out today though because it's a nice bright day, and I'm drinking Dong Ding from my lovely shino yunomi. The kitties are chillin' in the sunspot, and I'm playing with the lensbaby (when I should be writing letters, and placing orders.)

First the tea:

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And then the lensbaby fun, Bubba in the abstract:

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by Littlepig2 » Aug 17th 09 9:08 pm

such lovely green eyes!

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by Mrs. Chip » Aug 17th 09 9:18 pm

GeekgirlUnveiled wrote:Hey Mrs. Chip, thanks for asking. I haven't been shooting much lately for various reasons. I got my trusty cam out today though because it's a nice bright day, and I'm drinking Dong Ding from my lovely shino yunomi. The kitties are chillin' in the sunspot, and I'm playing with the lensbaby (when I should be writing letters, and placing orders.)

First the tea:

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And then the lensbaby fun, Bubba in the abstract:

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Thanks Geek, lovely 'teashot', absolutely gorgeous colors in that yunomi!

And Bubba in the abstract, I wantz a nap now and glad your back shooting!

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by Geekgirl » Aug 21st 09 11:31 pm

A couple of shots of my new teacup from our Michael Coffee (shyrabbit.)

(perhaps not the best artistically, but I wanted to show the depth and complexity of this amazing glaze.)

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by Victoria » Aug 21st 09 11:35 pm

Wow, amazing!

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Re: Geekgirl Photo: The Art of Tea

by Dreamer » Aug 22nd 09 12:26 am

Wow! Is it too early to start my Christmas list?

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