This presentation will provide information for you to use as inspiration for your pinch pot.

1. Japanese Tea
Ceremony
Art 3/D Comp I
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2. Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Japanese made a culture and a
tradition out of the tea ceremony.

3. Japanese Tea Ceremony
It is not just about tea. The ceremony
includes a knowledge of:
Food (cooking and serving)
Tea preparation (not just sticking a bag
in hot water)
Flower arranging (decoration)

4. (continued)
Ceramics (making and using pottery)
Clothing (designing fashions for tea
ceremony)
Art (painting and drawing)

5. What are examples of rituals
or ceremonies in our culture
that contain several parts?

6. Tea Bowls
We read about special characteristics
of the tea bowls.
They contain several details that the
artist must pay special attention to.
In your tea bowl, think about how you
will include these details:

7. Physical Qualities
Variety of textures

8. Visual Appearance
If the bowl “looks” heavy, than it should
be heavy to lift.

9. Outside Form
The shape should
fit comfortably in
the palm of your
hands.
The foot should
soundly support it
(remember, no
powdered
doughnuts, no
spaghetti)

10. Seasons
The form of the bowl should reflect a
season of the year.
Winter: high walls that turn inward
Summer: wide and shallow
Spring?
Autumn?

11. What season would this bowl
represent?
More details

12. Rim
Should suggest natural movement
over stones, hills, or mountains.
What would a tea bowl’s rim reflecting
Florida look like?

13. Drinking Point
The drinking place on a tea bowl is
opposite the “front” or decorated part
of the bowl.

14. Interior Form
Traditionally, a spiral is formed to
allow the tea to flow into the drinker’s
mouth.

15. Thermal Factors
An ideal bowl keeps tea warm on the
inside without burning your hands.

16. Glaze Qualities
Color: the color should reflect the
season the tea bowl is to be used.
Winter: dark, shadowy.
Summer: bright, glowing.
Spring:
Autumn:
Texture: glossy? Matte (not shiny):
speckled?

17. Samples

18. Samples

22. Your sketchbook assignment:
Sketch in your sketchbook 2 ideas for a
pinch-made tea bowl.
Include:
Season of the year
Rim/lip shape or angle
Glaze color suggestions (use colored pencils)
New vocabulary word: Sprig: a piece of clay
shaped into a decoration that is scored and
slipped to the wall of the tea bowl.

23. You will be graded on:
Creativity: Is your design unique?
Following Japanese tradition
(rim, walls, drinking point)
Representing a season
Quality construction
Even walls
Scoring and slipping
Stable foot
Sprig decorations
Glazing