Tea Bowl ceramics Materials and details

Materials and details

numbered and stamped on verso

(it will then stop) But the bowl is safe to use with matcha

The bowl has two cracks that will eventually close if the bowl is treated the right way

It has a texture that contains an underdrawing and looks like a cratered surface of a far away planet

Tea Bowl ceramics Materials and detailsThis Chawan, or tea bowl is 11. 5x8cm and weighs 450g, which is a bit heavier than other bowls of this size. It has a textured outside and a two chamber inside that was sculpted using the Japanese technique of Kurinuki. This means it was carved from over 1kg of clay. It is stamped with the Witold Riedel 2024 stamp which I also use for drawings and other work. The bowl is made of Iberian black clay and was painted with porcelain. Once it was bisque