Accessories + Objects

This is the part of the gallery that is not a pot, a cup or a bowl: the tools that sit next to the teapot, and the plates, vases and objects that the same makers produce alongside their teaware. Seven rows, around 120 pieces in total.

Tools For Brewing

The chasen row holds the white bamboo whisk we use in the workshop (12 euros) and, from time to time, custom-bound whisks. Tea scoops are the most varied row: walnut and elm scoops carved by Vlastimil Hanuš in Southern Bohemia (69 to 75 euros), Seiji Ito's hemp-leaf scoops in Tokoname clay, Kanjo Omata's yohen scoop, and tin scoops and a silver tea needle by Duan Aiqin from Jingdezhen. Tea trays range from Duan Aiqin's lacquered wood and tin trays to a Dehua porcelain tray by Buchangqi, and tea caddies appear here when a maker sends them, usually only a few at a time. Studio DuoDuo's naturally dyed tea cloths and Duan Aiqin's tin saucers round the tools off.

Plates, Vases And Objects

Plates come from Takuya Kanamoto in the green Oribe glaze (45 to 49 euros), from Hong Jianpeng in Dehua porcelain and from Daigo Kikuchi in glass. The vases are the largest pieces in the shop: Takuya Kanamoto's Oribe vases up to 45 cm tall (1,190 to 1,590 euros), Kazuya Ishida's unglazed Bizen vase in his rahou spiral style, and a soda-fired vase by Wang Yufeng. Objects holds the work that has no function beyond being looked at, such as Wang Yufeng's Xū Tǔ pieces, and Chiaki Asanuma's lidded glass jar.

The matcha-specific tools, from the sifter to the whisk stand, are gathered under matcha accessories, and our article on what you actually need for matcha sorts the essential from the optional.