TEA CADDY

Though influenced by traditional Japanese chaire, this tea caddy is close to the archetype but not entirely reliant on it. I have been making these little covered pots for quite some time and they make excellent an tea caddy for loose tea, tea bags or what ever one can imagine for their purpose which could include just sitting up on a shelf. Glazed in my temmoku with an ash glaze over, I tried to create the iconic drip on the front, omote of the caddy just like with many Japanese chaire which worked to a certain extent but ash glazes do tend to have a mind of their own. What I can say by looking at this little pot and the photo is that there are few surfaces that give as much depth, richness and beauty as a tried and true ash glaze.