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The Art of Tea
A one-hour documentary for television scheduled for completion in
late 2002.
The Teapot - A Ceramic Cultural
Item
Over the centuries, the teapot has become a major cultural item.
Originally from the Orient, the humble teapot has achieved great
heights, both in the East and West.
Teapots Transformed
-- Book Review
Leslie Ferrin's recent publication is a tour-de-force of contemporary
teapot design. A beautifully crafted 128 page, full-color book
with over 120 illustrations - a wonderful book for anyone with
an interest in The Contemporary Teapot.
Teapot Tips
Do you make teapots? Lots of them, or only one once in a while?
Doesn't matter -- these teapot hints might help a little in the
production of your pots.
Wedgwood, Josiah
Wedgwood and his heirs have been and still are heavily involved
in the mass production of the humble teapot.
The Eccentric Teapot, Four
Hundred Years of Innovation
A review of a publication by Garth Clark which takes a look at the
more gregarious manifestations of that humble but universal domestic
appliance, the teapot.
Chanoyu:
Japanese Tea Ceremony
An introduction to the Japanese Tea Ceremony by Janel Houton.
Computer
Generated Teapot Gallery
A simple site with a collection of nicely 3D modelled teapots.
Collecting
Teapots
An interesting article by Leslie Ferrin on the art of collecting
teapots.
Ferrin Gallery
A gallery that specializes in contemporary teapots - Tare three
years of annual teapot shows and articles from various publications
on the site.
EasternTea.com
Chinese Teapots and articles on Tea Ceremony and appreciation of
tea and teapots.
A History of Teapots
Shen Nung, a Chinese Emperor in the 3rd century BCE, sat under a
tree while boiling his drinking water. When the leaves of Camellia
sinensis fell into his bowl, the agreeable taste prompted the genesis
of tea drinking.
Milgrim,
Richard - Tea Ceramics
Ceramic tea art by Richard Migrim, an American artist working in
Japan.
Necessiteas
An opportunity to view and purchase a selection of beautiful Yixing
teapots imported from China.
The
Tea Ceremony
A comprhehensive site on the Japanese Tea Ceremony with listings
of Japanese Tea Masters, Raku bowl makers, with images. Bilingual
- Japanse/English.
Yixing Teapots
Yixing teapots are a collectors item in China and in the West.
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