Ridged Soup Cup Amber - Crafted By Kiyohide Yokoi Cutlery Artisan: Sozan Kiln

Artisan: Sozan Kiln

Japanese metal craft brings the same precision to flatware that it brings to blades and fittings

Sachiko Niijima forms and glazes each plate by hand in Japan

The feel of a spoon changes how a meal is eaten — the weight

5 × 14 × 2 cm (8

Ridged Soup Cup Amber - Crafted By Kiyohide Yokoi Cutlery Artisan: Sozan KilnFinished in a warm amber glaze, this soup cup shifts in tone as the light changes deepening in shadow, brightening where the glaze thins toward the rim. The color is the product of kiln temperature and time, not pigment. Kiyohide Yokoi forms and glazes each soup cup by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a soup cup that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always