Leo, I think I see what you mean about consistency. It’s so good to
learn to look closely like that-at first I didn’t see anything wrong,
and I had to just let my eyes relax and gaze. Then I began to see places
where it looked like bubbles had popped, and tiny smears in other
spots. I noticed some little smears in the clay that hadn’t been
smoothed out. The pot surfaces looked too smooth and shiny, without the
subtle, fine, almost burnished-looking grain I’m used to seeing in what I
hope are real Yixing pots :-). The colors lacked tone, & some were
just ugly. Worse, a lot of the spouts looked like they were set too low
& would spill hot tea out when it wasn’t expected.
I didn’t intend to, but I feel like I’ve written a report for a class assignment. How did I do?
Hamsa
