Victoria E. Hamilton on sun 17 may 09
Frances -
I've had folks ask for lids for their mugs for just that purpose -
accommodates spoon and teabag. A small flange on the lid that fits inside
the mug keeps extraneous liquid corralled.
Vicki Hamilton
Seattle, WA where it might finally be late spring here - "late" being the
operative term.
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Frances Howard
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:04 PM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: bowls, mugs and tea things
An awful lot of people in the UK don't use mugs as they say there is nowher=
e
to put your teaspoon (or tea bag) unless you have a saucer and mugs don't
normally have saucers. So they have giant cups and saucers which hold the
equivalent of a large mug. They have a point.
Here in Canada we use mugs but I must say the teaspoon predicament has ofte=
n
hit me with guests and I have to root around to find something suitable fo=
r
them. (And usually fail). So what do clayart people do with teaspoons?
Just stick them wet on a table? Find a plate? A napkin? A paper towel? =
I
don't own many saucers and those I have often have a plant on them and
anyway they don't fit my mugs. If I make a mug should I make a saucer to
fit it? Then there is the tricky measurement of the indentation on the
saucer to fit the cup/mug. Is that why people started making mugs? To
avoid this difficulty?
This area is not a tea bowl using area, as tea bowls here are associated
with raku which many people know about, know you shouldn't put liquids in
and therefore would have a teabowl for display only.
Cups, mugs, teabowls seem to be as regional as breads.
Frances Howard
Tracey Duivestein on mon 18 may 09
I use my test bowls for teabags, sugar, the teaspoon, not to mention salt,
chillies, drying pumpkin seeds - 101 uses. You can even colour co-ordinate
for that special tea party. If there are enough, each person can have thei=
r
own teaspoon holder.
I don't know what I did before test bowls - even make some slightly bigger
now as they are so useful.
Tracey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frances Howard"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:03 AM
Subject: bowls, mugs and tea things
> An awful lot of people in the UK don't use mugs as they say there is
> nowhere to put your teaspoon (or tea bag) unless you have a saucer and
> mugs don't normally have saucers. So they have giant cups and saucers
> which hold the equivalent of a large mug. They have a point.
>
> Here in Canada we use mugs but I must say the teaspoon predicament has
> often hit me with guests and I have to root around to find something
> suitable for them. (And usually fail). So what do clayart people do wit=
h
> teaspoons? Just stick them wet on a table? Find a plate? A napkin? A
> paper towel? I don't own many saucers and those I have often have a plan=
t
> on them and anyway they don't fit my mugs. If I make a mug should I make
> a saucer to fit it? Then there is the tricky measurement of the
> indentation on the saucer to fit the cup/mug. Is that why people starte=
d
> making mugs? To avoid this difficulty?
>
> This area is not a tea bowl using area, as tea bowls here are associated
> with raku which many people know about, know you shouldn't put liquids i=
n
> and therefore would have a teabowl for display only.
>
> Cups, mugs, teabowls seem to be as regional as breads.
>
> Frances Howard
Des & Jan Howard on mon 18 may 09
Frances
We make , sell & use a small globular pot you can cup
in your hand. It holds wet spoons & teabags.
I'll put a pic on our website Clayart pages if you like.
Des
Frances Howard wrote:
> So what do clayart people do with teaspoons?
--
Des & Jan Howard
Lue Pottery
Lue NSW
Australia
2850
02 6373 6419
www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
-32.656072 149.840624
Lis Allison on mon 18 may 09
On Sunday 17 May 2009 19:03, Frances Howard wrote:
> An awful lot of people in the UK don't use mugs as they say there is
> nowhere to put your teaspoon (or tea bag) unless you have a saucer and
> mugs don't normally have saucers.
Yes, I have that problem too when we have guests. I solve it by also
putting out a shallow bowl and everyone puts their teabag or wet spoon in
the bowl. Of course we are very casual people so it works for us. My
guests love to choose their mug (or sometimes cup and saucer) from my
large collection of work by local potters. Too much fun to give up and
switch to all cups and saucers!
Lis
--
Elisabeth Allison
Pine Ridge Studio
Lee Love on mon 18 may 09
I make little bowls for soy sauce, to dip sushi in (yeah yea, as
unAmercun as tea bowls), and also for holding Japanese pickles. They
are a nice size to as a rest for teabags or spoons.
We use loose tea, both for green and english type. We use metal
tea balls, a small single serving sized ball and a larger one for the
tea pot. The single serving size comes with its own little
stainless steel cup that you set it in when you take it out of your
mug or tea bowl.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
"The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
small-scale, seemingly constricted form that challenges the artist to
go beyond mere technical virtuosity and find an approach that both
satisfies and transcends the conventions." -- Rob Sliberman
Eric Hansen on mon 18 may 09
I think the point that Frances is making is that in condemning the teabowl
in favor of the mug has it's detractors too. Normally I use a cup and sauce=
r
for my coffee, or a teabowl if I am drinking it black, and my wife uses the
mugsH A N S E N
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Lee Love wrote:
> I make little bowls for soy sauce, to dip sushi in (yeah yea, as
> unAmercun as tea bowls), and also for holding Japanese pickles. They
> are a nice size to as a rest for teabags or spoons.
>
gayle bair on mon 18 may 09
Funny that this topic hit precisely when I was asked to make huge
mugs with lids.
I don't usually take commissions but when it intrigues me and I think
it will
be a good exercise to expand my skills I can't resist. Making 1 1/2'"
bowls for Phil at NCECA was one of them. That was a great exercise!
Thanks again Phil!!!!
When I asked the clients how big do you want them.... the husband
walked over and picked up a vase and said almost this big!
Remember the recent "Man Bowl" thread on clayart? I guess now we can
add "Man Mugs" to that list! So I figure I'll make 12 -24 of them with
varied handles because they had different requirements for the
handles. Then they can choose which suits them best. If they don't
like them I'll have a "Man Mug" label at the ready to put in front of
them. I might have to make some "Man Bowls" too! So funny!
My first day back at our local farmers market on Bainbridge went
really well. I'm a happy but realistic potter I know each day will not
be a great as this one was though the potential is always there! One
lady came up and said, "Do you take credit cards?" I haven't
activated that yet and I thought, "There goes that sale!" but she
whipped out her checkbook and bought one of my pricey teapots!
Gayle Bair - So glad to be back in WA! I'm a wimp a week of 104F
wilted me big time but I do miss my potter friends in AZ.
Tucson AZ
Bainbridge Island WA
gayle@claybair.com
www.claybair.com
On May 17, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Victoria E. Hamilton wrote:
> Frances -
>
> I've had folks ask for lids for their mugs for just that purpose -
> accommodates spoon and teabag. A small flange on the lid that fits
> inside
> the mug keeps extraneous liquid corralled.
>
> Vicki Hamilton
> Seattle, WA where it might finally be late spring here - "late"
> being the
> operative term.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Frances
> Howard
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:04 PM
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: bowls, mugs and tea things
>
> An awful lot of people in the UK don't use mugs as they say there is
> nowhere
> to put your teaspoon (or tea bag) unless you have a saucer and mugs
> don't
> normally have saucers. So they have giant cups and saucers which
> hold the
> equivalent of a large mug. They have a point.
>
> Here in Canada we use mugs but I must say the teaspoon predicament
> has often
> hit me with guests and I have to root around to find something
> suitable for
> them. (And usually fail). So what do clayart people do with
> teaspoons?
> Just stick them wet on a table? Find a plate? A napkin? A paper
> towel? I
> don't own many saucers and those I have often have a plant on them and
> anyway they don't fit my mugs. If I make a mug should I make a
> saucer to
> fit it? Then there is the tricky measurement of the indentation on
> the
> saucer to fit the cup/mug. Is that why people started making
> mugs? To
> avoid this difficulty?
>
> This area is not a tea bowl using area, as tea bowls here are
> associated
> with raku which many people know about, know you shouldn't put
> liquids in
> and therefore would have a teabowl for display only.
>
> Cups, mugs, teabowls seem to be as regional as breads.
>
> Frances Howard
Lee Love on mon 18 may 09
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Frances Howard
wrote:
> This area is not a tea bowl using area, as tea bowls here are associated =
=3D
with raku which >many people know about, =3DA0know you shouldn't put liquid=
s =3D
in and therefore would have a >teabowl for display only.
>
Frances, I had tea in Tokyo with Hank's friend Koichi Okamoto
Sensei in a 17th century Raku bowl. It had a lead glaze. It was a
wonderful example of raku.
--=3D20
--
"The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
small-scale, seemingly constricted form that challenges the artist to
go beyond mere technical virtuosity and find an approach that both
satisfies and transcends the conventions." -- Rob Sliberman
Lee Love on mon 18 may 09
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:42 AM, gayle bair wrote:
> My first day back at our local farmers market on Bainbridge went
> really well. I'm a happy but realistic potter I know each day will not
> be a great as this one was though the potential is always there! One
> lady came up and said, "Do you take credit cards?" =3DA0I haven't
> activated that yet and I thought, "There goes that sale!" but she
> whipped out her checkbook and bought one of my pricey teapots!
I will do second Saturdays at mine. Signed up with Propay to
accept credit cards, primarily for St. Kate's
http://www.artistscircle.org/ , because the Farmers Market
http://www.midtownfarmersmarket.org/ will give exchange money in the
shape of wooden coins for credit card charges and then Marketeers
accept them as cash.
You know, Rob's statement that is my .sig now could be applied to
mugs. It is just an investment the potter makes.
--
"The tea ceremony bowl is the ceramic equivalent of a sonnet: a
small-scale, seemingly constricted form that challenges the artist to
go beyond mere technical virtuosity and find an approach that both
satisfies and transcends the conventions." -- Rob Sliberman
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