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A story about the Chinese Yixing teapot – Let's drink to that
The sale of collectible teapot "> Teapots contribute to the Community Development Fund.
As a teenage boarder, Charlotte di Vita made necklaces to sell to her classmates fashion-starved, the donation from the professional to the Guide Dogs Association. By her early 20s she was selling wooden pendants carved in Ghana, London's fashionable crowds and the use of profits on projects in developing countries to finance.
Di Vita, the glamorous founder Anglo-Italian trade plus Aid. Since the launch of the fundraising or charitable organization in 1992, she is looking for the perfect little something that would freely give employment given to developing-world ambachtslieden producing the aforementioned "perfect little something" yet so desirable West Erner that they would spend several occasions.
With her collection of miniature enamel teapots, di Vita is pretty sure she has taken to deliver that perfect something. The miniature teapots, made in a remote corner of China, were introduced to the thriving British collectibles market in 1998. Sales in that year Reached $ 2,700,000, and by the end of last year more than $ 3 million was returned to the teapot "> Chinese enamellists and nearly $ 300,000 was raised to initiate development projects in Africa.
All without a background in manufacturing, marketing, art or charity. "I was 24 when I started trade plus aid So I had not really had time to develop a background, "says di Vita. For the trade plus aid in the development of projects di Vita dreamed of crafts or art fund should have wide appeal. And with enamelled miniature teapots she has found, with minimum orders set at 5000 this day.
"The only way to make a difference, an action to Mrs. Burger and Lord and Lady Blah Blah, "says di Vita. Teapots, in 120 different designs, are eight to 12 inches long and are handmade. Part of their appeal in Britain, di Vita says, is that they revive an almost lost 18th-century art form. Each teapot is hand painted with images following of a specific theme, such as Beatrix Potter, or works by Van Gogh, and Klimt and Cézanne, with collectors collectors, much repeat business.
She suggests that collectors miniature teapots seen as particularly good value if enamel trinket boxes by British companies such as Halcyon Days Crummles and costs 10 times as much as 25 pounds (about $ 70) teapots. Di Vita says many trinket boxes now transfers instead of hand painting and as the teapots were made in the UK, they cost hundreds of dollars. "Artists in the UK who hand-paint would want £ 600 to £ 700 per week. Each teapot takes four days to complete, so you can see how expensive they were. "
After the success of the teapots, di Vita plans to add a number of miniature porcelain tea cups and hopes to work with the wife of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills, to children injured by landmines to help. "We talk to the owner of the Yellow Submarine license a series, because it is very hot in Britain at the moment."
And not di Vita care if people buy her teapots without a thought for the struggling communities in Africa and Asia. "They are not buying because it is a good thing, they buy because they like them, but once they read the information on the trade plus masses of help we get emails from customers the question "how can we help?" And it's not an expensive product, they otherwise would have bought Tiffany key chain for a friend, but now they buy one of our teapots. "
About the Author
Offers handmade yixing teapots,also called zisha teapot, is known as the best in Chinese teapots or China teapots, and accessories from Yixing, China.
Does anyone know of any stores where I can buy re-ment miniatures in San Francisco / Bay Area?
For example, the Puchi petites, mini candies, etc. …
I remember reading somewhere that sells Moritaya in Japantown.
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