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tea bowls. soup bowls, form follows function

updated thu 18 mar 10

 

Marcia Selsor on wed 17 mar 10


I had a great book when I taught, an international cooking catalog,
with examples of ceramics from all over the world for specific dishes.
I often had an assignment to make a very specific piece for your =3D
favorite dish. It had to be unique.
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Marcia



On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:05 PM, antoinette-badenhorst21@comcast.net wrote:

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> Thanks for this info Marcia. Maybe I should make a few. I think I =3D
should be on the look-out for examples during NCECA. I started to cook =3D
some Asian dishes too. We had Thaiwanese chili squit for supper tonight! =
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Would be fun to learn more about them. I need to orientate myself with =3D
the geography also.
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> Antoinette Badenhorst
> Lincolnshire, Illinois
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:42:11 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Fwd: Tea bowls. soup bowls, form follows function
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Marcia Selsor
> Date: March 16, 2010 8:35:30 PM CDT
> To: Mike
> Subject: Re: Tea bowls. soup bowls, form follows function
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> Antionette,
> Chinese Sung Dynasty tea bowls had winter shapes and summer shapes. =3D
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cream-based soup bowls and broth based soup bowls.
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> The opposite for winter tea bowls and broth based soup. They are =3D
taller, vertical and have more narrow openings to retain the heat.
> . Marcia
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> 2010/03/16 23:55), Antoinette Badenhorst wrote:
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> What makes a tea bowl a tea bowl and why shall I not use it for a =3D
cereal bowl or a little dipping dish? What about a saucer?
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> I remember several discussions of throwing perfect bowls. How crucial =3D
is sets for teabowls; thickness and size
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> Also: does tea bowls differ from country to country?
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> A while back we discussed teapots and how we should treat them. Are =3D
there any special treatments for tea bowls?
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> Coming form European decent, I love my teacup, but then that is a =3D
different discussion.
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> Antoinette Badenhorst
> Lincolnshire, Illinois
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> Marcia Selsor
> http://www.marciaselsor.com
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> Marcia Selsor
> http://www.marciaselsor.com
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Marcia Selsor
http://www.marciaselsor.com