The Art of Tea Exhibit

at the Pacific Heritage Museum, SF, features some rare, very beautiful, soulfully collected pieces, from extinct Yixing pieces, contemporary potters' works, tea tools, all the way to...gaiwan, bird cages, and even photos of tea farms, from, you guessed it, me....
I was happy to lend the pieces and photos, they were proudly exhibited to add a little background view of the locales, for without these tea farms, tea arts wouldn't exist, right?
This is definitely one of the best curated tea arts exhibited, though slightly slanted to the Cantonese styles, with a little bit of wares from Japan, but the wedding tea sets, etc., are Southern Chinese. Of course, we Southern Chinese drink the most tea and therefore, should boast the better varieties of wares. In any case, many tea-related exhibits are more academic; this one is pure showcase. Check it out! There is even a Yixing teaware video.
At the Pacific Heritage Museum on Commercial St., San Francisco. Exhibit opens to the public tomorrow and runs until March.

Taken from http://teapersonality.blogspot.com/