Kabosu Chopstick Rest Green - Crafted By Koyo Kiln Small Bowl Kikaku Pottery forms and glazes

Kikaku Pottery forms and glazes each cup by hand in Japan

Size: 13 cm

Artisan: Yoshihei Kato

A pair of chopsticks begins as a single length of wood — tapered toward the tip

this bowl carries the mark of a practiced brush across its outer wall — the pattern placed one piece at a time

Kabosu Chopstick Rest Green - Crafted By Koyo Kiln Small Bowl Kikaku Pottery forms and glazesPorcelain is a demanding material: it requires higher firing temperatures and less room for error than ordinary pottery. What it gives back is a surface with quiet precision the right choice for a small, considered object like a chopstick rest. Koyo Kiln is based in Saga, Japan. Each piece is made by hand from start to finish the form shaped, the surface finished, and the whole object considered as something built to be used rather than displayed.