radhardened

I bought the tea bowl on an enchanting 2009 trip to Japan. I made these sobaboro sweets with gomashio sprinkles as higashi for my recent chasekibiraki/robiraki chaji. (from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

(from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

I finally learned that the outside has to be thoroughly toasted before anything is applied to it, in order for them not to fall apart. (from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)

winding a bobbin with thread inherited from my grandmother (easily a half century old) (from my flickr photostream https://www.flickr.com/photos/missioncontrol/)