Black Clay Tobikanna Mug - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Artisan: Kajiken Seiji

Artisan: Kajiken Seiji

and no two pieces fire to quite the same surface

The iron-rich glaze on this bowl deepens toward the foot and pools where the form curves inward

Yoshihei Kato works in Gifu

Kousei Kobayashi forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

Black Clay Tobikanna Mug - Crafted By Seitoen Plate Artisan: Kajiken SeijiThe 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