Luster Beer Cup - Crafted By Mine Pottery Studio Rice Bowl it is a piece of

it is a piece of "usable art" crafted by a master Japanese glassblower

Tetsuya Kobayashi fires each teapot by hand in Japan

Artisan: Hiroyuki Oguri

The iron-rich glaze on this teapot settles deep and uneven — darkening where it pools at the foot

Artisan: Koso Kiln

Luster Beer Cup - Crafted By Mine Pottery Studio Rice Bowl it is a piece ofGlazed and fired by hand, this sake cup holds the quiet character of something made individually not uniform, not repeated exactly, but consistent in weight and presence. It is the kind of piece that improves with use. Mine Pottery works in Shiga, Japan, forming and glazing each sake cup by hand. The process is unhurried each piece is made individually, one at a time, and the maker's attention shows in the way the sake cup sits in the hand. Japanese