Friday, October 17, 2008

Teapots in Indianapolis



After the MACAA sessions today, we were taken to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, for a highly inspiring lecture by Alfredo Jaar. At the museum shop I purchased two packaging items that I thought were connected to the tea packaging project.

One is actually tea, a bolder version of the bamboo cane I showed in class; the other is a candle holder, also made of bamboo sticks (Liz, this is a different way of approaching your concept, but it shows it could be simplified).

I also saw an interesting book with several examples of Chinese teapots. And I've been looking at different sites that sell teaware, like the Tao of Tea to try to find the book (because I didn't write the name down). In my search I cam across more links like Teapots through the Ages.

Last, I also found this interesting blog about tea pots and Chinese Gaiwan.

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