Tea Bowl

Having matcha or green tea in a tea bowl is very special.
I just feel like being an authentic Japanese person (which I am).


Sometimes it is hard to realize what cultural background I have while spending everyday wearing jeans and a camisole under the sunny sky.


Among the tea bowls I have seen so far, my favorite tea bowl is the ones with black glaze.
The vivid green of matcha truly stands out in dark surface.  Very pretty.


I just need to be careful not to have it at night so that I have to stay awake for no reasons...




Photo:
Yuteki Tenmoku Matchawan by Taku Nonaka
http://www.japanpotterynet.com/en/products/detail.php?product_id=1226

Gourd

I love the shape of gourds!
They are just funny looking plants, aren't they?
I really wish I could see them growing wild.
They must look funny!!!


Here is a gourd shaped vase by Shoun Fujii from Arita.
His works are very colorful and happy.
Especially when it comes in vivid yellow!


Click here to see more info about this happy art work.

Lacquered !?

I believe everyone loves art and it just blows your mind off when you see an amazing piece.
It is almost overwhelming how artists create something out of their imagination.


Here is my favorite ceramic artist from Japan.
Akira Yamada.
He somehow found a way to make ceramic work look lacquered.  (The red and black)  
This just looks like a lacquered wooden bowl but it is really made out of clay !!!
How amazing.


Just imagine serving your homemade food in this bowl.
How luxurious.




Here is the link to see more works of his.
http://www.japanpotterynet.com/en/products/list.php?category_id=94

Photos for online shop

We are taking photos of each product for our online shop.

They came out pretty nice.

Our masterpieces from Japan really make me feel peaceful and we just cannot wait until the online store is ready to share with you some more of the photos.

This is one of the biggest pieces we have and just an amazing art work.

You can imagine lots of different sceneries from looking at it.

It's fascinating that the artist gets these patterns naturally just by ashes in kiln!

A craft that he has been perfecting for many years.

This piece is actually a lampshade with carved sakura, cherry blossom flowers.

It really reminds me of the night in early spring in Japan.

A Tsubo

One of our ceramic works was featured in a Japanese magazine last year before it arrived to our store here.

It is made by Tochi Nakano, the 4th generation of potter in Karatsu City, Saga.

This yakishime vase compliments mixture of branches and flowers.

16" height 18" 

diameteryakishime = After a piece is formed out of clay, it is fired "as is" without the addition of glaze.

Bizen Tsubo

This is my favorite tsubo.  I'm in love with the color, shape, size, and texture.

This lovely piece would compliment any style of furnishing from traditional to modern.

I enjoy pretty things that will fit with any style so I don't get bored of it :)

Pottery Studio

This is the pottery studio of Taketoshi Ito's in Mashiko City, Tochigi Prefecture in Japan.  My uncle took this photo and I really like it.

It rains there a lot especially around this time.  I did not like it at all when I used to live there.  Your shoes would get soaked wet and they get worn out easily.  You want to protect all the paper works from water so you put umbrella on your bag, but not on yourself.  For some reason it smells like sewage in the city more in rainy day.

Now, I live in this nice dry weather and I really appreciate it, but sometimes I feel like walking in the rain.  It makes all shiny.  Trees and flowers look happier.

Well, you realize it when you lose it.

By the way, his works are amazing :)