Storia delle cose,Marrakech,Morocco: 12/18/19

#19 La cosa nell'Arte

''The Crab teapot'' pottery sculpture

Teapots have inspired for centuries artworks in all fields including sculpture and oil painting.
Mitchell Crafton is a contemporary artist who is the author of many creature teapots and one of these artworks is ''The blue crab teapot''. This piece is 2.54 cm wide and 18 cm tall and the legs are made of metal .

The author: Mitchell Grafton

The location: Panama City, Florida,

''Still life ,with teapot, cup and fruit'' painting

Another important field predominated by teapots is painting. ''Still life ,with teapot, cup and fruit'' is the achievement of the French Post-Impressionist painter Emile Bernard in 1890 who had artistic friendship with Van Gog . This artwork is currently in Van Gog Museum in Amsterdam.

The author :Emile Bernard

The location: Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

link1:The carb teapot sculpture
link2:Émile Bernard , ''Still life with teapot, cup and fruit'', 1890

#26 - La cosa sui francobolli

Teapots on stamps

Teapots are a popular topic for stamps and this is enjoyable way to learn about cultures and origins of objects because each of the teapots has its name as well as the country of origin on the stamp. Although I found normal that the majority of teapots stamps came from China, I was struck by the sheer number of worldwide stamps available.

link1:The source of pictures

#28 - Il protagonista della cosa

Tokoname Master craftsman : Hokujo Genji Shimuzu

Hokujo Shimizu is one of the most brilliant teapots maker in the state of Tokoname in Japan. His talent won him the title of '' Tokoname Master Craftsman'' in 1991 as well as many awards such as: "Japan Traditional Crafts Art Exhibition''. I attached below one of his favourite teapots.

In the video below , one can watch Shimizu Genji making the Kysu(the Japanese teapot), in his studio in Tokoname.

link1:Tokoname Master Craftsman making Kysu(Japanese tepaot)
link2:Hokujo profile

#21 - La cosa nella Musica

The teapot in Music

When looking for teapots in the musical world, I found that they were mainly the subject of popular nursery rhymes and traditional poems for children dating back to the nineteenth century. I have chosen '' I am little teapot'' and '' Polly put the kettle on''

'' I'm a little teapot''

''Polly put the kettle on''

link1:I'm little teapot'',Song and Lyrics
link2:Gus Williams ''Popular songs'', teapots
link3:Polly put the kettle on
link4''Polly put the kettle on '' Lyrics

#32 - Le azioni della cosa / con la cosa

The actions of /with the teapot

To boil:

(To boil water in a teapot)

   To brew:
                                         ( To brew a tea in a teapot)


   To contain:
   (The teapot contains tea)

   To dribble:
(the teapot dribbles)


To drip:
(The teapot drips)

To hold:
   (The teapot holds 4 cups of tea)

   To pour:
   ( The teapot pours tea)

To scream:
   (The teapot screams)

   To steep:
(To steep tea leaves in a teapot)

   To sweat:
(The teapot sweats drops)


   To whistle:
   (The teapot whistles)