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Put your feet up and relax with a steaming, fragrant cuppa tea. There is something almost mystical about tea … consider its history and the cultural and ceremonial aspects of it, as well as one’s individual relationship with the brew. Nostalgic memories of my grandma’s favorite teapot (and she had several, all named) take me back to mornings in my childhood.
Illustration as an outcome for a hypothetical Australia Post brief requesting a series of stamps for the theme ‘High Tea’. The stamps were to work as a continuous image if put side by side. Acrylic on Plywood (actual size 1200×300mm) and post production in PS CS.
Copyright Tabitha Borges
Hii!! Hehe… encouraged by Karin , BubbleDoll and Angela ... / i’ve decided to upload the teapot set too!! teapot set is done with photo reference.. all my vector drawings are done in flash. and all my old vectors are drawn about 3-4 yrs ago.. n_n” so this is the end of all my old vector works.. i think it’ll be quite sometime before i do any more complicated vector drawings.. am going to concentrate on T.I.M next and also to practice my wacom.. wish me luck ppl!! oh and i resolve to not do anymore html crap this year, unless it’s for my blog or website!! hehehe… n_n” Vector and Raster Prints: /
A special version of this image, optimized for greeting cards, is available here and looks like this:
Pin up from The Geisha Tea Party
Kirara’s enjoying a cup of tea : )
mixed media on paper petite work ...in a show right now.
fancy a drink? ;)
The gruff, irascible and decidedly loud Admiral Crampton could not have been considered any girl’s ideal match, but why Josephine decided to put up with him was simply baffling. Kind, quiet and fiercely intelligent, Josephine was an engineer practically from birth, constructing towering edifices from chewed up tinker toys and clever little vehicles from whatever she found lying about. It turned out that the one thing she insisted upon after her marriage to the good Admiral was that she be able to continue her work in medical engineering, improving prostheses for all those unfortunate young men coming home from the war. Well the Admiral didn’t like it one bit, but what could he do? Josephine did all that was expected of her and more, rushing home after work to make dinner, tidy up and ensure her grumbling husband’s comfort and catering to his every whim. She designed systems and devices to reduce her chore time in half so that, after the Admiral commenced his heavy snoring in his favorite armchair, his fetid pipe dangling from one meaty hand, she could tip out to the garage and work on her secret projects until the wee hours of the morning. / You see, Josephine was working on the most astonishing invention! It started out as one of her automatic cleaning devices but soon evolved into a full-fledged house robot. It could clean up, yes, but also cook a bit and fold laundry – Josephine even fitted it with a phonographic speaker so that it could engage in rudimentary conversation and play an array of recordings. / One gloomy Friday, Josephine found herself on the losing side of egg salad roulette with the laboratory’s dubious cafeteria. Deathly ill, she limped home in the rain, pausing every block or so to throw up, so that it took quite some time. The Admiral was already home, and completely ignoring the pathetic condition of his pale, sick and soaking wife, he stormed about booming complaints about his absent dinner. Josephine collapsed onto the sofa, summoned up what strength she could muster and said, “I’m sick and I’d love a cup of tea, please.” A deep shade of vermillion crept up the Admiral, beginning who-knows-where, but ending at the roots of his wispy white hair. His left eyelid twitched violently. He unballed his enormous fists, ripped his hat off the coat rack, grabbed his umbrella and exploded out the door, stomping off to his club. / No one really knows if he came back that night or not, but he was never seen again. Josephine named her robot Blunderbuss and he was most charming as he clicked and whirred around the parlor, serving steaming tea out of a pot to Josephine and her occasional guests, a lovely sonata drifting out of the phonograph on his head. He was quite the gardener too, and one couldn’t help but notice how particularly lush Josephine’s flower beds had become that year and remained ever after. This original artwork and story are copyright Ramona Szczerba 2008. Copyright is not transferable with the sale of this item. The buyer is not entitled to any reproduction rights – neither image nor story can be reproduced without my express written permission. Thanks!
Had a couple of requests to get this one on to a tee, so here is! / I just found out that the print version of this design will be published in the 2009 Semi-Permanent book, stoked about that!
A fun card to send to someone who’s “Your cup of tea” this Valentine’s day! You can view or buy my other “You’re My Cup Of Tea” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
Oh what a lovely tea party.\ /
The united teapots with the hearts remind me of the song “Tea for two”. / Here is some information about the song: “Tea for Two” is a song from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Irving Caesar. The song is sung from the viewpoint of a lovestruck man, who plans the future with his new woman in mind. The story may be apocryphal, but Irving Caesar indicated on Steve Allen’s radio show that the lyrics were intended to be temporary. Hoyt Axton later did much the same thing with the “Jeremiah was a bullfrog” part of “Joy to the World”. “Tea for Two” became a jazz standard and was recorded by numerous bands and instrumentalists. One famous interpretation of the song is Tommy Dorsey’s cha-cha-cha version, top ten in 1958, re-popularized in 2005 by adverts for McVitie’s biscuits. Another notable recording was made by Art Tatum in 1939. The song has become a reliable standby for performers who call for soft shoe bits. The song was also orchestrated by Dimitri Shostakovich in 1928 under the title “Tahiti-Trot”. Conductor Nikolai Malko bet Shostakovich 100 rubles that he couldn’t orchestrate the song after having heard it just once on a record. Shostakovich won the bet by doing the orchestration successfully in under 45 minutes. “Tea for Two” was used as a code by English paratroopers shot down over Paris in the French film La Grande Vadrouille. The Offspring covered the song and put it under the title “Intermission” on their album Ixnay on the Hombre. Led Zeppelin has a song named “Tea For One”. Any connection is only speculatory. The same goes for Soda Stereo’s “Té para tres”. The song was also sung by Edith “Big Edie” Bouvier Beale, in the documentary film Grey Gardens. This jazz composition-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it Fractal artwork created with Incendia. I added the text with PhotoImpact. Designer: Thea Walstra / CanDuCreations / /
This fractal design reminds me of a huge city in space where tea is the favorite drink. Designer: Thea Walstra / CanDuCreations Once upon a time people on earth had forgotten how to relax. Their time was filled with busy, time consuming jobs, studying and the care for their families. They had forgotten to look at a simple flower or simply sit down to breath fresh air and look around to appreciate the immense beauty of nature. Almost everyone lived in a big city filled with huge building and the sky seemed to be unreachable. But their was a small group of people having memories of the “old days”. One of them mentioned that there was possibly room in space to build a new town to escape from all the craziness on earth. After a while they found the right people to raise the money for and to build the city. In stead of skyscrapers a big teapot was the central place in the city. Around were little cozy buildings and squares, all constructed to make it possible to relax, meet other people and to enjoy life as good as possible. High tea was the most important event of the day. / This far the start of the story “Teapot city”. Of course I am not an experienced writer but, for sure, I want to show you that “Teapot city” excists. Thea / /
Original A5 Black Ink illustration on 110gsm cartridge / This was done recently for my sister Meg’s 21st birthday… 21 things that relate to her life, our childhood, growing up… some are as plain & simple as the Teapot & her tea obsession… others are far more cryptic or symbolic… many of which she is still to figure out! The garden setting i guess stems from the fairytales & books we read as kids… Enid Blyton & The Magic Faraway tree… in my mind this is a little what those places might look like… / The same 21 things hidden in the garden i also used to create her necklace… / / It’s entirely Sterling Silver with Brass, Swarovski Crystals & all sorts of other things! / If you’d like to see more of my Jewellery take a look at my Etsy Store / Every piece is unique, a one-off, no duplications… i do both collections & commissions.
Gujri market (scrap iron market, a place mostly held by muslim Indians) – Mysore – Karnataka – India
It is good to remember / that the tea kettle, / although up to its neck in / hot water, continues to sing. Canon Rebel XTi / Focal length: 28 / Fnumber:4.5 / Exposure time: 1/50
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