Re: Teabowls

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

Aki Moriuchi teabowl - late 1990s.

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

Aaron Scythe, New Zealand

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

Steve Booton

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

There is an excellent worldwide choice on Etsy

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

Wood fired bowls by Bridie Maddocks via Etsy

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

Ray Toms

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

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

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

Steve Booton

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

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

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

Yunomi with an Ash ash glaze by Anne Whittlesey, Somerset

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

Bridie Maddocks wood fired shino bowl

by **NaomiM** Sat 08 Aug 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 09 Aug 2020, 12:39 am

Micki Schloessingk

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

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

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

Pat Burns. Current exhibition at The Leach Pottery

by **MCWebs** Fri 14 Aug 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 05 Sep 2020, 5:42 pm

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

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

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

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

Bill Van Gilder yunomi

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

Jon Black / Jonathan Blackwell, JonBlackPottery. Woking.

by **NaomiM** Wed 21 Oct 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.