Re: Teabowls

by **studio-pots** Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:01 pm

tenpot wrote:the earliest japanese tea bowls used in the tea ceremony were apparently recycled rice bowls from Korea

The version of the story that I have heard is that the first potters in the style that we now know as Japanese were in fact potters from what is now Korea. These men were "spoils of war" brought back by Samurai to Japan and they made pottery in the style they brought with them.

The tea ceremony was not part of their culture but eating rice was very much part of their everyday life and making bowls for this purpose were their stock in trade. So when the tea ceremony developed it was rice bowls that were used and over the centuries these have be changed and adapted to give the variety we see today.

When British potters took up the idea in large numbers in the early 21st century it was not difficult to change a cereal bowl (with a limited price range) into a teabowl for which there was a collectors market and a higher price range.

by **studio-pots** Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:04 pm

Aki Moriuchi teabowl - late 1990s.

by **NaomiM** Thu Jan 23, 2020 11:02 pm

Aaron Scythe, New Zealand

by **NaomiM** Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:27 pm

Steve Booton

by **denbydump** Sun May 10, 2020 9:25 pm

I'm seeing so many wonderful pieces of pottery on this thread, in contrast to
what seems to be on offer at these studio fairs.....

by **NaomiM** Sun May 10, 2020 10:30 pm

There is an excellent worldwide choice on Etsy

by **NaomiM** Sun May 10, 2020 10:35 pm

Wood fired bowls by Bridie Maddocks via Etsy

by **NaomiM** Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:54 pm

Ray Toms

by **NaomiM** Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:03 pm

Wood fired shino yunomi. By Joe Bruhin, via JoeBruhinCeramics on Etsy. Arkansas, USA

by **NaomiM** Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:55 pm

Steve Booton

by **NaomiM** Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:57 pm

Porcelain yunomi by David Wilson, Somerset at the showroom. He normally pots in stoneware.

by **NaomiM** Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:33 pm

Yunomi with an Ash ash glaze by Anne Whittlesey, Somerset

by **NaomiM** Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:06 am

Bridie Maddocks wood fired shino bowl

by **NaomiM** Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:29 pm

By Doug Peltzman, Dover Plains, New York. Via Clay Akar’s annual tea bowl sale a few years ago.

by **NaomiM** Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:39 am

Micki Schloessingk

by **NaomiM** Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:38 am

Pat Burns, USA, at The Leach Pottery a couple of years ago

by **NaomiM** Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:34 am

Pat Burns. Current exhibition at The Leach Pottery

by **MCWebs** Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:13 am

Thought I had an absolute find on ebay an Ursula Mommens tea bowl but arrived cracked :( shame it would have been a beauty.. Think I might look into having it repaired in kintsugi
but i dont want it to look naff...

by **NaomiM** Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:42 pm

Shigaraki style guinomi with ash glaze by Linda Unsworth, Wales (via WoodFiredCeramics on Etsy)

by **NaomiM** Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:49 pm

Nezumi (grey) shino saki cup from Japan with traditional prunus decoration

by **NaomiM** Sun Sep 27, 2020 11:26 pm

Bill Van Gilder yunomi

by **NaomiM** Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:20 pm

Jon Black / Jonathan Blackwell, JonBlackPottery. Woking.

by **NaomiM** Wed Oct 21, 2020 2:54 am

Nick Rees, via Muchelney Pottery. He’s now semi-retired and experimenting with different clays and glazes in his electric kiln - this is one he wouldn’t have been able to fire in Muchelney’s wood fired kiln. He still fires pots there sometimes.