Underglazed Flower petal Pattern Faceted Coffee C&S - Crafted By Souta Kiln Square Pottery Ao forms and fires

Pottery Ao forms and fires each bowl by hand in Japan

Chojuro Kiln is based in Nagasaki

This one is finished in Japan to a standard that shows in the balance: the blade edge precise

inspired by a passage in the Kokin Wakashū (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems):

this cup carries the marks of its making — the surface settles into subtle tones of grey and straw

Underglazed Flower petal Pattern Faceted Coffee C&S - Crafted By Souta Kiln Square Pottery Ao forms and firesPainted 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. Souta Kiln 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