The Gong-Fu tray in use. From left to right, you see: A can of Rishi Tea's Pu-Erh Classic, a bamboo tea scoop full of that tea, two of Rishi-Tea's beautiful tea cups, a Samashi (Handled water cooling pitcher with an ash glaze, used to cool water to the appropriate temperature and can also be used to decant the teapot into for equal distribution or seconds), and my very favorite Kyusu (Traditional Japanese teapot with an ash glaze and filter inside).

This is a gong-fu style tea tray I built from acrylic scraps. I mapped it out on paper and then used CorelDraw to rebuild the design and print the parts on a laser cutting machine. I then used 123 blocks and sandpaper backed with medium density fiberboard to sand the surfaces where I had to weld flat, so that way the welds would be strong and watertight.

The tray has a removable top so one can decant the waste water. It is built so I can pour fluid into the basin, and makes tea ceremonies possible.

I use it every day in my room to share the beauty and love of tea with my roommates and friends, and multiple times per week to serve tea in the lobby of my dorms, where everyone has a lovely time sampling the nectar of other cultures. What a fantastic use of the scrap acrylic! I intend to revamp the design.

The symbol of the center is the Guardian Symbol, by  macengregora