Collection

Chawan

The chawan — the Japanese tea bowl — is one of the oldest and most considered forms in ceramic art. Used in the preparation and drinking of matcha, it is both a functional object and a philosophical one: shaped to fit the hands, sized for a single bowl of tea, and made to be looked at slowly. In the Japanese tea ceremony, the chawan is the central object — turned in the hands before drinking, examined after, chosen deliberately for the season and the guest. Each bowl in this collection is wheel thrown and wood fired in my studio, glazed with materials mixed from local sources. What you see on the surface is the record of the firing: earth, glaze, wood, and heat resolved into something you can hold.

70 pieces