Teaware, an Overview - Casual, Sophisticated, Functional and Flashy

Whether it's a mug with a teabag in it or an elaborate drain-table strewn with the many vessels of a gongfu session -- as long as it serves tea, it is teaware. Through a combination of slide images and hands-on handling, Jonathan Steele will introduce examples of the wide variety of teaware and discuss the various origins and contexts as well as peculiar usefulness of the many designs for delivering tea into your mouth. He will share his perspective as a maker focused carefully on graceful performance, offer some personal opinion, and spark discussion on favorite types and pieces belonging to you, his audience.