The tea bowl, for centuries an icon of Japanese ceramic art, has inspired a number of Western potters to produce their own interpretations in recent decades -- but to mixed reactions from artists and experts.The tea bowl, a part of the tea ceremony, a practice with links to Zen Buddhism and considered quintessentially Japanese, is made following a set of conventions that have been passed down through generations of family firms.However, in more recent years ceramicists in the West have started to turn the tea bowl on its head, using different materials, processes, glazes, colors, textures, …READ FULL ARTICLE
