Octagonal Aperitif Cup with Octopus Arabesque Pattern - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Artisan: Koyo Kiln

Artisan: Koyo Kiln

this bowl carries the quiet character of something made individually — the surface not perfectly uniform

In your hands it reads differently depending on the light — dark and weighty in shadow

Iwao Pottery forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

This one is shaped from natural wood in Japan

Octagonal Aperitif Cup with Octopus Arabesque Pattern - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Artisan: Koyo KilnPainted entirely by hand, this cup carries the mark of a practiced brush the pattern applied one piece at a time, each stroke placed by feel as much as memory. No two pieces come out quite the same. Seitoen forms and paints each cup by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a cup that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in character. Japanese ceramics have