Chopstick Rest — Handmade Japanese Pottery by Yuki Watanabe Square Artisan: Kousei Kobayashi

Artisan: Kousei Kobayashi

Size: 15 × 5 cm (5

Takuya Ohara paints each cup by hand before firing — the decoration applied to the surface while the clay still holds the maker's touch

slight variations in form and finish are normal

present enough to notice

Chopstick Rest — Handmade Japanese Pottery by Yuki Watanabe Square Artisan: Kousei KobayashiFormed and finished by hand, this chopstick rest holds the quiet character of something made individually not uniform, not repeated exactly, but consistent in weight and presence. Yuki Watanabe works in Tokyo, Japan, forming and glazing each chopstick rest by hand. The process is unhurried each piece is made individually, one at a time, and the maker's attention shows in the way the chopstick rest sits in the hand. Japanese ceramics have been