Ruri Glaze Ribbed Soup Cup - Crafted By Hitoshi Kato Tamori Touen Artisan: Furutani Pottery

Artisan: Furutani Pottery

The craft tradition behind this work is regional and long-established — a way of making that the area has sustained for generations

The interior is left to the food

Yours will differ a little from the one photographed

Ruri Glaze Ribbed Soup Cup - Crafted By Hitoshi Kato Tamori Touen Artisan: Furutani PotteryGlazed and fired by hand, this cup holds the quiet character of something made individually not uniform, not repeated exactly, but consistent in weight and presence. It is the kind of piece that improves with use. Hitoshi Kato works in Gifu, Japan, forming and glazing each cup by hand. The process is unhurried each piece is made individually, one at a time, and the maker's attention shows in the way the cup sits in the hand. Japanese ceramics have