'Kikk' - Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Linocut Print art as have some preserved copies

as have some preserved copies of the print itself

The sparrowhawk is the raptor we see most often close up

something I’ve been obsessed with since I was a child

I can never throwaway my little soy sauce fish bottles I get with sushi - they are just too cute

'Kikk' - Kikkoman Soy Sauce Bottle Linocut Print art as have some preserved copiesHere is 'KIKK', my print of the most iconic of Japanese condiments, the Kikkoman Soy Sauce bottle. Designed in 1961 by Kenji Ekuan, designer and graduate of the National University of Fine Arts & Music in Tokyo, this bottle is recognised as one of the finest ever pieces of post war functional design and is listed in the book WA The Essence of Japanese Design. Both beautiful and utilitarian, every aspect of the bottle has been designed with great care