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| 2007
Yixing Trip?
- Nay. (2007
Sep) |
Yixing trip 2007 seems impossible. I
would have to feed on teapot ally's
stock for the rest of 2007. Would expect
some fighting over teapots .. ..  |
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| 2007
Yixing Trip? (2007
May) |
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Totally busy overwhelmed with work in
2007. Stole a week and went on a tea
hunt trip end of Apr. but really not
sure if I can go on a teapot trip in
2007. If not, hope that teapot ally is
reserving enough teapots for me. |
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| My
Kung Fu Teapot (2006
Jul) |
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While updating teapots from 2006's
Yixing run to the site, I found that I
have been using the same postage scale
for the past 6 years. And I have
seriously under estimated the weight of
the brocade box ... oh my ~~~~ |
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| My
Kung Fu Teapot (2006
May) |
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I got a 3oz, nice clay, nicely handmade
teapot as a gift from a teapot maker and
was overjoyed. After 2 weeks of serving
Kung Fu tea, the teapot's color started
to darken ... then I dropped it on a
rosewood tea tray and ...
I
wish it were the tea tray that chipped.  |
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| 2006
Yixing Trip (2006
Apr) |
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Teapot
reserve totally ran out after 2005's
Christmas shopping spree. Waited till
Apr., when Yixing was defrosted, to have
my Yixing run. But I found in the first
3 hours in Yixing that Yixing 2006 was
quite different from Yixing 2005. China's
economy has taken off in the past few
years. Lots of Chinese people are making
a better living, they
spend money on things like art,
including Yixing teapots. Such an
explosive jump demand has thrown
everything out of balance. Cost of
teapots has skyrocketed. It's much harder
now to find good work at
reasonable prices. Purchase volume
was down but total spending was way up.
But hey, the fun was still high hopping
from studio to studio and home to home!
Also
have to mention I found a small
restaurant that does really nice dishes.
Meat stuffed green pepper was the best.
Fresh meat, fresh pepper. When I say
fresh, I mean things that have NOT been refrigerated.
Meat came straight from the butcher's
table, and green pepper straight from
the fields nearby. No seasoning beats
the original taste of meat and green
pepper. Yes, I now have one more reason
to go to Yixing in 2007.
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