Iron Tokusa Soup Cup - Crafted By Tetsuya Kobayashi Square Tokushichi Kiln forms and glazes

Tokushichi Kiln forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

Kikaku Pottery is based in Saga

the way it sits in the bowl

This spoon is shaped and finished with care — the bowl proportioned to the handle

The brush lands a little differently each time

Iron Tokusa Soup Cup - Crafted By Tetsuya Kobayashi Square Tokushichi Kiln forms and glazesThe iron rich glaze on this soup cup 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. Tetsuya Kobayashi forms and fires 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