Black Clay Tobikanna Mug - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes

Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes each mug by hand in Japan

and no two pieces fire to quite the same surface

Kousei Kobayashi forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes each plate by hand in Japan

Yoshihei Kato works in Gifu

Black Clay Tobikanna Mug - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazesThe iron rich glaze on this mug darkens in the kiln and pools at the foot, leaving a surface that reads differently depending on how the light falls. The depth comes from the firing, not from any added decoration. Seitoen forms and fires 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