Gourd-Shaped Chopstick Rest Red - Crafted By Pottery Raku Small Plate Tadashi Tomita forms and glazes

Tadashi Tomita forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

Kajiken Seiji is based in Saga

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

Teiichiro Matsuo forms and glazes each mug by hand in Japan

Koyo Kiln works in Saga

Gourd-Shaped Chopstick Rest Red - Crafted By Pottery Raku Small Plate Tadashi Tomita 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