I’ll start out by saying I am not sure why this
photographed this color as in person it is a richer, more vibrant soda blue
like all the other pieces I posted. At any rate, this was a shadow set of a
retro tea set that I made a while back in which I made two of each piece and
this was what was left over. The general concept was a soda blue set based on a
retro feel using the bamboo form for the water jar, teabowl and tea jar. The
combed surface and the ridges make for excellent glaze collection areas
creating a distinct look across the set and the small tea jar was finished off
with a white lid to simulate the ivory of original Japanese chaire. In
discussing this set, the original idea was for the tea jar to fit in the
teabowl and the teabowl to fit in the water jar but the scale got a little out
of hand so this was what was decided on in the end. I have to admit, I like the
general concept of the pieces nesting into one another and may try that one of
these days but the proportions of these three pieces fit the needs of the owner
and as is, theywork well together and that is as good as it gets.
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