Slowly into spring with variations of “Blue & White”

I hope everyone is enjoying the sunny days with spring breeze…we can now reassuringly see the longer and brighter days – perhaps the warmer evenings are yet to come but surely it’s around the corner from us.

 “A scent of spring”, our seasonal online store collection is now open.   The collection focuses on its warmer and sweeter season of the year.   Continuing still with our central motif of “mingei” there will be items with variations of “blue & white”, and beyond.  The picture on the left is one of the items, yu-ri kou” plate by Masataka Nakata.  The mauve red of its plum petals was the result of a chemical reaction of its copper pigments during the reduction firing.  This technique requires a high level of precision and without doubt, the years of training.