Gourd-Shaped Chopstick Rest Red - Crafted By Pottery Raku Small Plate Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes

Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes each mug by hand in Japan

Koyo Kiln works in Saga

What it gives back is a surface with quiet precision — the right choice for a small

Tadashi Tomita forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

it is a piece of "usable art" crafted by a master Japanese glassblower

Gourd-Shaped Chopstick Rest Red - Crafted By Pottery Raku Small Plate Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazesIn Japanese table culture, a chopstick rest is a considered object placed deliberately, noticed by guests, and made to last. This one is formed from Japanese pottery clay and finished by hand, the surface carrying the quiet mark of individual making. Pottery Raku is based in Nagasaki, 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