#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

#17 - La nuvola dei nomi

                       The cloud of names related to ''teapot''

When looking for names related to the teapot, I found these beautiful illustrations. The first teapot cloud is predominated by the plants(mint and tea leaves) used to make traditional Chinese infusions, the second cloud deals with the evolution of the teapot over the world, while the third includes some aliments that accompany tea such as sugar and biccie as well as some adjectives for tea like ''cosy'' and ''strong''.

link1:The source of the pictures