VIDEO
Japanese Pottery and Tea Ceremony, featuring Potters Linda Mosley and Kuniyuki Sashihara
Austin Oita Sister City Committee Virtual Festival 2021
Linda demonstrates two ways to make a chawan (tea bowl)
Forming by hand building with a slab over a mold, and “throwing” on the potter’s wheel
Adding surface design by carving and painting
Tea Ceremony
Linda purifies the utensils before making tea in the neriage chawan created by Kuniyuki Sashihara in Oita, Japan.
The mizusashi (water jar) and futaoki (kettle lid rest) were made by Linda Mosley.
Kuniyuki sashihara
Master potter in Oita, Japan
Tea ceremony at Wakataka-en
In Oita, the guest is served tea in Linda’s chawan with Texas Bluebonnet motif.