Clad in Light Matcha Bowl Kokutani confections

confections

Looking from the side

featuring delicate stylized camellia flowers in white and red

The bowl is crafted by Ohigashi Alyne

drawn in pure white on the pale gray base of Kutani ceramics

Clad in Light Matcha Bowl Kokutani confectionsClad in Light Matcha Bowl by Seto ware artist Taruta Hiroshi is a piece defined by quiet refinement. Delicately formed and glazed in pale celadon, the bowl carries a light, graceful presence. Taruta employs the linear hotarude technique, carving thin diagonal slits across the surface. When light falls upon the bowl, soft shadows gather along these lines, as if light itself were gently draped over the form, evoking the natural, fluid fall of woven