Sisyfos Tango

@sisyfostango

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ADHD bordering on AD4K.

Sisyfos Tango @sisyfostango4/10/2024, 7:56 AM

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sopping wet beast @mushy3/3/2024, 8:40 PM

planning on starting making my own gaiwan after my next shift at the ceramics studio so i can be cool* does anyone have Things About Gaiwans they like to see. I feel like they're deceptively simple but I'm also not well versed enough in teaware to be able to isolate the certain parts that make it feel 'good' if that makes sense. i AM planning on giving it little filter holes though because i love myself

*highly subjective

#ceramics #tea

sopping wet beast @mushy3/29/2024, 5:10 AM

tea pog

im a guy who sucks and a ton of shit happened pretty much immediately after posting this but. i finally carved out some time / had like two hours to kill so I made a little pinch pot 'gaiwan' after my shift. he does not look Extremely Nice but i consider this a good step in the right direction cuz I wasn't able to throw on the wheel today.

i call it my 'tea pog'. the working theory is that his nose/snout & the general Shape of it will let me filter out leaves nicely based on how it felt while making it but I think everything will be more evident after it's full of hot water lol. (it's also probably way too thick but fuck it we ball. i have Strong Hands)

#ceramics #tea

sopping wet beast @mushy4/9/2024, 9:50 PM

hes so fucking stupid i love him so much. just barely squeezed him into the gas kiln that we do basically like once every two years lol

#tea #ceramics

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the julian sauce @julez3/3/2024, 9:11 PM

ooo i have no input or suggestions other than i have also been wanting to make a gaiwan teapot recently

sopping wet beast @mushy3/3/2024, 9:15 PM

aw hell yeah! i was thinking if it goes well i might make a mould so i can slipcast them. i'll try to remember to let you know how making it goes in case I run into some things I'd like to have known earlier lol

the julian sauce @julez3/3/2024, 9:24 PM

oh nice! i’ve never done anything with plaster in the pottery realms yet, but aspire to. i was thinking i’d try my hand at kurinuki method for making some teaware as the last tea set i did was with slabs

sycamore @sycamore3/3/2024, 9:24 PM

I really like flared edges! Pontentially more fragile, but looks cool imo and helps reduce burned fingers. Also, in a similar vein, a nice deep indentation on the, uh, lid nub (?) that fits my finger nicely is always really satisfying to me and helps with comfortable, controlled pours. :)

sopping wet beast @mushy3/3/2024, 9:39 PM

this is incredibly helpful! thank you so much - i've just been doing a Deep Analysis tm on my lil run of the mill one i got from white2tea and this made me realize my dissatisfaction with the nubbin vs my fingies (the angles juuuust a little too weird for my hands)

@cassia3/4/2024, 12:45 PM

this is genuinely very cool, I'd be curious to see what the result is!

the main thing I would personally want to keep in mind is the weight of the base... very heavy gaiwan can quickly become hard to use, especially of they're on the larger volume side. this is because they are heavy and torque the hand, which can hurt if you already have to pinch it. I just think this particular point is really easy to overlook on accident

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the julian sauce @julez3/29/2024, 12:48 PM

such a fun design

sopping wet beast @mushy3/29/2024, 1:36 PM

thank you i may have let the spirit take me a little too hard after i made the lid and realized it looked like a little mouth lol

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the julian sauce @julez4/9/2024, 9:55 PM

i love him!!! 😍 how’d you like the gas kiln effects on the piece? anything you didn’t expect?

sopping wet beast @mushy4/9/2024, 10:02 PM

i loooove the gas kiln!! slightly surprised by the pitting on the inside but shino i used has a tendency to do that - it really worked its magic, a thing i love love is the pink fuming on the white clay body, it makes the raw parts look so cohesive with the orange body. shino my beloved

Sherliz Holmes @JhoiraArtificer4/9/2024, 11:09 PM

I love this little guy!!! I am so curious how well it's going to do filtering... or are you going to pour out the other side from the little mouth spout?

sopping wet beast @mushy4/10/2024, 2:35 AM

i'm curious as well! I did some test runs just with water that involve holding it at the usual filtering angle on the spout side and it seems like it should work A Regular Amount, (definitely not perfect) but it should also be viable from the other side lol. I'll update ya once I brew with him & see if the heat changes anything in terms of use too

Fallible @fallible-things4/9/2024, 11:29 PM

Hell yeah hell yeah

Sisyfos Tango @sisyfostango4/10/2024, 7:56 AM

this is the epitomy of a Silly Little Guy, meant in the most complimentary way possible

sopping wet beast @mushy4/13/2024, 2:05 AM

hell yes thank you so much

revelry @redrevelry4/14/2024, 4:20 AM

At first I read this as "Gawain" like from Arthurian legend. Thought you were just gonna make yourself a little guy. Which I suppose you have tbf
Anyway this is awesome I love him. :V lookin ass

Crypt @cryptidcrw4/14/2024, 4:36 AM

I love himb

Fy @fyscuit4/14/2024, 6:32 AM

Good fella

C. Ocelot @C-Ocelot4/23/2024, 1:49 PM

You could have done a little screen inside the mouth and called them a hohin.