Slipware Kiritate Mug Amber - Crafted By Shotoen Cup ※Not suitable for open flame

※Not suitable for open flame or oven use

The glaze sits smooth but not mechanical — there is a softness to it that only hand-finishing gives

Kikaku Pottery is based in Saga

The color on these chopsticks is not paint — it is urushi lacquer

Shigehisa Miura forms and fires each bowl by hand in Japan

Slipware Kiritate Mug Amber - Crafted By Shotoen Cup ※Not suitable for open flamePainted entirely by hand, this mug 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. Shotoen forms and paints each mug by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a mug that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in character. Japanese ceramics have