A visual diary of tea, clay and fire.

Brewing tea with a handmade shiboridashi teapot designed for slow and intentional tea preparation.
Handmade soda fired Shino teaware with rich crackled surfaces and natural variation created during atmospheric kiln firing.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Soda firing process inside a gas kiln where flame, soda and atmosphere shape every ceramic surface differently.
Interior of a ceramic studio focused on handmade teaware, slow process and atmospheric firing.
Wood fired ash glazed teaware with natural textures and surfaces shaped by flame and ash.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Ceramic teapots finished with Shino glaze and fired slowly in atmospheric kiln conditions.
Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Pouring tea from a Chahai into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Very simple teaset for one - back handle teapot and a teabowl
Small woodfired and ash glazed Kyusu Teapot
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Pouring tea from a Chahai into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Shino glaze - beautiful milky soft surface with very nice iron flashing
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
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Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot with Shino inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Pouring tea from a Kyusu teapot into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Testing Kyusu teapots pours - only best are going to be available for sale.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Big Shino plate - woodfired with ash deposit
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Loading handmade ceramics into the kiln before a long atmospheric soda firing process.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Unloading freshly fired ceramics from the kiln after a long reduction and soda firing.
Wood fired ash glazed teaware with natural textures and surfaces shaped by flame and ash.
Minimal shiboridashi teapot used for slow tea rituals and delicate loose leaf tea brewing.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Loading handmade ceramics into the kiln before a long atmospheric soda firing process.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
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Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Ash glazed ceramic gongfu cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Loading handmade ceramics into the kiln before a long atmospheric soda firing process.
Pouring tea from a tall Shiboridashi teapot into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Handmaking ceramic shiboridashi teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Soda firing process inside a gas kiln where flame, soda and atmosphere shape every ceramic surface differently.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Handmade cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Foot of a woodfired Matcha bowl with Shino
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Ash glazed teaware made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Handmade teaware with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Gas fired Shiboridashi teapots
Soda firing process inside a gas kiln where flame, soda and atmosphere shape every ceramic surface differently.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Woodfired Kyusu Teapot with Shino and ash deposit
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Pouring tea from a tall Shiboridashi teapot into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Ash glazed Shiboridashi teapots - woodfired
Tea break in the pottery studio, quiet moments before next round of making pottery
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Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Handmade teaware with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Detail of a woodfired matcha bowl with Shino
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Sake cup with traditional Shino glaze - woodfired
Pouring tea from a wide Shiboridashi teapot into handmade ceramic cups during a quiet daily tea ritual.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Minimal shiboridashi teapot used for slow tea rituals and delicate loose leaf tea brewing.
Freshly thrown white stoneware teabowls
Drying pots glazed with Shino waiting to be pack into a soda kiln
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Ash glazed ceramic cups made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Handmade cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Drying pots glazed with Shino waiting to be pack into a soda kiln
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Brewing tea with a handmade shiboridashi teapot designed for slow and intentional tea preparation.
Handmaking ceramic kyusu teapots on the wheel as part of a slow pottery making process.
Soda firing process inside a gas kiln where flame, ash and atmosphere shape every ceramic surface differently.
Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Wheelthrown matching teasets with Kyusu teapots and cups
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Yunomi cup with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Selecting finished ceramic pieces after firing, testing and evaluating surfaces, forms and details.
Applying Shino glaze by hand before firing in a soda and reduction atmosphere kiln.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.
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Ash glazed teaware made for daily tea rituals, featuring soft textures and natural wood ash surfaces.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Interior of a ceramic studio focused on handmade teaware, slow process and atmospheric firing.
Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Handmade yunomi cup with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Quiet moments inside the pottery studio where handmade teaware and ceramic objects are created.
Unloading freshly fired ceramics from the kiln after a long reduction and soda firing.
Handmade yunomi cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Minimal shiboridashi teapot used for slow tea rituals and delicate loose leaf tea brewing.
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Small handmade sake cups with expressive Shino glaze surfaces shaped by fire and reduction firing.
Gongfu cups with Shino glaze featuring crackled textures and soft atmospheric surfaces.
Traditional side handle kyusu teapot inspired by Japanese tea culture and made for everyday brewing.