Kokoro Bensonoff Cucuzza Gourd Earrings Size:Medium This handcrafted porcelain sake cup

This handcrafted porcelain sake cup (guinomi) by Andy Vlock of Codo Experiment combines timeless Japanese tableware aesthetics with the organic beauty of wood-fired ceramics

ひとつとして同じものはありません。チェリー、クラブアップル、ブナといった木の違いによって、色味や木目、重さにわずかな個性が生まれます。また、手彫りならではの工程は、刃の跡や面の移ろい、やわらかく整えられた縁として表れ、制作の痕跡を静かに伝えます。その仕上がりは、精確さと同時にどこか生きた感覚を宿しています。手に取ると温かく、器に触れても静かで、日々の使用の中で心地よさが深まっていきます。使うためだけでなく、繰り返し手に取りたくなる道具です。

creating a tactile and earthy feel

while the well-fitted lid completes the vessel with a sense of balance and containment

each wheel thrown in stoneware and finished with kaolin slip before wood firing

Kokoro Bensonoff Cucuzza Gourd Earrings Size:Medium This handcrafted porcelain sake cupThese earrings by Kokoro Bensonoff are made from an Italian cucuzza gourd she planted, grew, harvested, and dried by hand. Shaped and polished without any stain or finish, each piece reveals the natural veining, texture, and color variation of the gourd itselflike a topographic map or sun washed stone. Lightweight yet sturdy, they are affixed to hypoallergenic metal posts and backed with cork. Kokoro sees the gourd as a material that holds both humor