This week in our Hallway Voices column, we got to admire handmade clay tea sets and learn about the process of creating them. Since March is Youth Art Month, we spoke with Lisa Dorschner, a ...

As the purple clay teapot can absorb the smell and taste of tea , the longer it is used, the mellower the tea tastes. Therefore, the purple clay teapot becomes a favorite tea set for tea tasters.

At an auction in Beijing in 2015, for example, a 10-piece purple clay tea set made by the artisan Gu Jingzhou set a record for the price of such art, fetching 92 million yuan ($14.3 million).

THE PIECE: Red Wing Pottery "Orleans Provincial" tea set, including tea pot with lid, creamer and sugar bowl without lid, from the 1940s. View full sizeKathleen LeBlanc's tea set features Red Wing ...

She cites two tea ranges sold in her shop as examples of this: the Hasami porcelain teapot (actually a blend of porcelain and clay), whose shape is based on jubako stacking containers used for ...

Knotted Clay: Raku Ceramics and Tea explores these distinctive, hand-molded ceramics and their close relationship to Japanese tea culture. This exhibition features tea bowls, water containers, and ...

A mango-shaped coloured clay teapot from the 20th century is one of the highlight exhibits. The Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware will present a new exhibition from tomorrow, showcasing works by ...

This week in our Hallway Voices column, we got to admire handmade clay tea sets and learn about the process of creating them. Since March is Youth Art Month, we spoke with Lisa Dorschner, a ...