Natural Wooden Chopsticks with Polka Dot Pattern - Crafted By Hashikura Matsukan Medium Plate Crafted By Nobumasa Kiminami

Crafted By Nobumasa Kiminami

It holds heat well

Masaaki Hibino glazes each bowl in a layered blue — the colour pooling deeper where the curve allows it

deep in the shinogi grooves and thin over the ridges between

A handmade sake vessel is a ceremony object as much as a functional one

Natural Wooden Chopsticks with Polka Dot Pattern - Crafted By Hashikura Matsukan Medium Plate Crafted By Nobumasa KiminamiA pair of chopsticks begins as a single length of wood tapered toward the tip, and balanced so the weight falls naturally in the fingers. The surface keeps the grain open, the mark of the wood present in every use. Hashikura Matsukan works in Fukui, Japan, at a pace that allows every object to receive full attention. The craft tradition behind this work is regional and long established a way of making that the area has sustained for generations.