Wednesday vignette

On our way up to Stout's Island Lodge in July, we stopped in Eau Claire at Caradori Pottery. We first discovered David Caradori at the old Cambridge Pottery Festival. We bought our first pieces of his work at the festival and later made stops at his shop in Eau Claire and also visited his home to see his personal pottery collection. 

Caradori's a fan of Japanese tea bowls and has worked with the esteemed Japanese potter, M. Kusakabe, so he and Mark immediately hit it off. These are sake containers made by Caradori which we brought home from our stop at his shop. Their lids turn into little cups for drinking. Perfect for an autumn afternoon in our Tea House.

We usually sit on cushions on the floor when we're in the Tea House. The Yanagi butterfly stool is as much a sculpture as seat and we rarely actually use it. Mostly just enjoy its crisp lines contrasted with the rough stucco walls.

Comments

[Lisa at Greenbow]

The stool is a perfect sculpture for your tea house. I can imagine you and Mark sitting on pillows sipping a cup of sake. Peaceful.

[Kristin]

You share the most gorgeous pottery! I wish I had another niece graduating in Eau Claire. I guess we'll just have to plan a family visit.

[Peter/Outlaw]

So this is how you warm up the tea house in the winter. You have a great eye for beautiful ceramic work!

[Jenny]

I wonder if you have a tea ceremony. We have a tea house in the Japanese garden at our local garden and they do tea ceremonies there.

[Linda Brazill]

We've had a couple of people who can do the tea ceremony offer to do one, but so far we've never taken them up on it. We probably should!