Suien Blue Jomon Cachepot MAKER_Ginshu Kiln Shiokawa Suisho

Shiokawa Suisho

This small bowl features a lovely gold and silver decoration of cherry blossoms

Beyond its visual elegance

This elegant champagne cup is shaped like a delicate rose bud

Suien Blue Jomon Cachepot MAKER_Ginshu Kiln Shiokawa SuishoIn the Suien Blue Jomon Cachepot, the suggestion of water rises from the rim. Created by Kyoto based ceramist Wakunami Madoka, the work draws from Jomon pottery distinguished by large upward projections and swirling motifs. Suien, literally water smoke, evokes rising water vapor, an image rendered in clay through openwork and circular form. Rather than reconstruct a historical vessel, Wakunami studies the structural logic underlying such forms. Hollow