Gaiwan Skills

Com­pe­ti­tion TGY from Bran­don on Vimeo.

A work in progress — I’d like to look this cool!

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7 comments

  1. justin
    May 3, 2010 at 4:56 am

    i really like this video! what is the piece of music? it goes very well with the tea-brewing

  3. lionel
    July 12, 2010 at 7:22 am

    I really like the gai­wan on this photo a lot ! is it pos­si­ble to find it on the web ?
    nice blog…

    Lionel

  4. brandon
    July 13, 2010 at 7:37 am

    Hi Lionel,
    Unfor­tu­nately I am not aware of an online source for this.
    http://purepuer.com/puer_tea/do/category/gaiwan

    Sev­eral gai­wans here (the top 3) are made by the same com­pany and are very rea­son­ably priced. The gai­wan in the video was pur­chased from Fang Tea in NYC at a very con­sid­er­able markup. If you are lucky enough to have a friend in Tai­wan, they may be famil­iar with An Da porce­lain stu­dio and could pur­chase one of the blue and white on your behalf.

  5. lionel
    July 13, 2010 at 7:59 am

    Thank you Bran­don for your quick and pre­cise answer. I was speak­ing about the gai­wan of the first photo of this post, the one with chi­nese ideograms, full of leaves, one hand hold­ing the lid…I find his shape is particular…

  6. brandon
    July 13, 2010 at 8:06 am

    Oh — I appol­o­gize. Unlike most blogs where the Com­ment link is at the bot­tom of the post, mine are at the top and some­times inspire con­fu­sion. The gai­wan you are talk­ing about in the other post is owned by my friend Dae and is an antique. I have not seen these online, but per­haps in Tai­wanese or Chi­nese auc­tion sites? I am lucky enough to have local sources for antiques like this.

    Pro:
    Beau­ti­ful, a piece of his­tory, supe­rior mate­ri­als for body and glaze. $200 and quickly upwards depend­ing on con­di­tion, age, and qual­ity of the painting.

    Con:
    These gai­wans were not made with mod­ern gong fu in mind, more for drink­ing green tea at low tem­per­a­ture directly from the bowl. Thus, heat­ing them with boil­ing water and grasp­ing the much wider brim to pour into cups or fair­cup is much more chal­leng­ing than a mod­ern gai­wan design.

    If you like I can put you in touch with some­one in NY who sells this sort of thing.

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