Octagonal Aperitif Cup with Octopus Arabesque Pattern - Crafted By Seitoen Plate where it thins it lightens

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Masaaki Hibino is based in Gifu

Iwao Pottery forms and glazes each bowl by hand in Japan

In your hands it reads differently depending on the light — dark and weighty in shadow

The craft tradition behind this work is regional and long-established — a way of making that the area has sustained for generations

Octagonal Aperitif Cup with Octopus Arabesque Pattern - Crafted By Seitoen Plate where it thins it lightensPainted entirely by hand, this cup carries the mark of a practiced brush the pattern applied one piece at a time, each stroke placed by feel as much as memory. No two pieces come out quite the same. Seitoen forms and paints each cup by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a cup that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in character. Japanese ceramics have