We've named this striking hand-made chawan or tea bowl 'Guruguru', meaning 'around and around', for obvious reasons. It's rather unusual to see something so contemporary and bold in a tea...
The artful texture in the Dimple bowl resembles the carved dimples on certain luxurious Japanese wooden floors or the rhythmic surface of a Japanese hand-beaten tin saucepan. Easy on the eye but difficult...
The layered Sankai ceramic bowl is so deliciously moody it comes in two variations... the original has a straight edge and smooth foot while the variant is purposely wonky around...
The carving in the warm, creamy grey coloured Stitch in Time ceramic bowl resembles long stitches like those used in Japanese Sashiko fabric work. Also we're told that this kind...