Tea Ceremony

A Lover of tea and tea practice himself, Suvira has consulted with various tea masters to produce tea ware for ceremony and more casually taking tea. As well as drinking from and pouring, the various tea vessels have become a platform for artistic expression and even extend to a sculptural medium. Tea bowls and cups being in human touch with the mouth are a most intimate vessel that we not only perceive with our eyes but touch with this very sensitive part of our anatomy. To drink is almost to kiss.

The beguiling traditional practice associated with matcha, the powdered green tea, is the Japanese ceremony; it is very aligned with hand formed ceramics and the vessel forms that have been made popular amongst wood fire potters. The chawan or tea bowl is central to the ceremony and has, in itself become an expressive genre amongst potters today. It’s traditionally a bowl to whisk and froth and has become a bowl of much character; brush decorated, distorted and encrusted. Suvira continuously explores new possibilities. There are many less formal tea events in daily life and the green tea and other teas of everyday consumption may be taken with a teapot and the other smaller cups or guinomi. Additionally, there are the other vessels associated with the ritual, tea cannister, the water jar….

More recently Suvira has come into company of gong fu practice, traditional approach to Chinese tea. Once again there are many variations in the manner and the tea wares. Suvira is producing bowls, cups, cannisters, scoops, display vessels and others.  You can find examples in the shop or at the stockists, some of whom have exclusive designs to their tea house.

Finally also our Western approaches to tea perhaps less formal, have not been neglected at Studio Suvira and you can find a range of mugs, teapots, pourers, small plates for the Devoted, who engage in the tea break!!