Ridged Soup Cup Amber - Crafted By Kiyohide Yokoi Cutlery shifting where the ash fell

shifting where the ash fell thicker and where the flame moved

The surface has the settled quality that iron glazing produces: present on the table

Sachiko Niijima forms and glazes each plate by hand in Japan

so the line sits beneath the surface rather than on it

Ridged Soup Cup Amber - Crafted By Kiyohide Yokoi Cutlery shifting where the ash fellFinished 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