Second Edition of
TERRE & THÉ, Quebec's Teaware Competition

Announcement of the Winners

The Camellia Sinensis Team is proud to announce the names of our 2 winners in the second edition of TERRE & THÉ, Québecois teaware competition. Daniel Gingras winner of the category for best tea cup, and Matthieu Huck winner of the best Jar for aged tea.

CAMELLIA SINENSIS would like to thank all the participants that made this year's Event such a big success. Thanks also go out to the jury.

After his studies at Cégep du Vieux-Montréal (1981) and having followed some local master ceramists such as Gilles Derome, Daniel Gingras chose to specialize in Asian ceramic techniques specifically those of Japan.

Gingras believes that the pleasure of drinking tea is intimitely linked to the objects that accompany it. The Japanese glaze kudo matto (matt white) of this cup will develop a patina with a myriad of darker veins that grow to tell the story of the cup.

WINNER IN THE CATEGORY : JAR FOR AGED TEA

Matthieu Huck
This Young ceramist of French origin graduated from the Centre de Céramique Bonsecours de Montréal in 2003, Matthieu Huck continued his training with the guidance of many reknowned ceramists.. In 2009, he constructed his own wood fired kiln in St-Damien de Brandon and began to focus on the production of teaware.

Matthieu describes himself this way: « I love tea. I also love cake but never the two together. (…) But what I love the most is trying to make good pottery. »

The winners receive a grant of 500$, and a series of their pieces will be on sale in our stores. The original winning pieces will be on display in Montréal and Québec 10 October to the 7 November 2011.

The selection was purely based on the balance between artistic value and the intrinsic quality of the works presented. Participants that would like to receive the comments the jury made on their pieces can contact us at Camellia Sinensis in person or by email.