Sasaki Tsuneko

All the tableware she makes are thin. She only makes her ceramics in two colors, white and black. I like the black ones because they are mat meanwhile the white ones are glazed. She makes it on a wheel so each of them is little bit different in size and shapes. It looks best when you put vegetables on it.

Which chopstick rest do you like?

Left above by Watanabe Hiroyuki.(Wood)

Right above forgot who made it.(Ceramic)

Left and right below by Sasaki Tsuneko.(Ceramic)

Warabi (bracken) Chopstick rests

Forgot who made this chopstick rests. Japanese like to use thing representing the season. For example plum three for early spring, cherry blossoms also for spring, maple leaf for autumn, Camellia japonica for winter and much more. Since changing tableware is sometimes a hassle most Japanese don’t do it any more…

Matsushita Takafumi

This glass is about 8cm tall.

His glasses are not clear they are bit cloudy since he lives in Kanazawa where the weather is gloomy all year around.
The little dot is made of beads, you can see little holes if you look at them closely. Since he makes each of them by hand they are never identical.