artifacts: teacup

I'm trying out a new post type: Writing about individual things that I own. To avoid writing "product reviews", I will only write about things that I've consistently used for more than one year. Instead of the excitement that comes with newly bought things, I want to focus on my relationships with these objects and reflect on the experiences I have with them. artifact 001: Japanese yunomi teacup I got this teacup at a market stall inside of a station on the Odakyu line ... around six years ago, I think? I remember being drawn in by the brownish-green glaze. It starts on the inside of the cup and then wraps around the outside, drawn in a single stroke. You can clearly tell that the glaze dripped down a bit when it was still wet - the top part of the stroke on the outside is very dark and becomes lighter towards the bottom. The result, fired and hardened, reminds me of a wooded ridgeline. The upper edge of the brushstroke draws the outline of the mountains, and the separations within…