Kairagi mug by Sho Keiichiro 330ml

Kairagi mug by Sho Keiichiro 330ml

Original mug for tea or coffee handmade of hagiyaki ceramic by ceramic artict Sho Keiichiro. Dark brown clay and striking kairagi glazing - a thick layer of a dense milky white glaze with irregular clay transparencies. The dish looks as if it has been poured with tasty icing :) Very comfortable handle and cracked shape - the perfect vessel for your favourite brews. The artist's signature at the bottom of the mug.

Sho Keiichiro is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Hagi town. He began to learn the ceramic craft as a high school student and as he grew older, he gained experience and skill in creating beautiful and unique vessels. Sho Keiichiro is particularly interested in tea ceramics and creates according to a tradition that is several hundred years old and from which, he says, comes the ‘warmth’ of the vessels produced in Hagi. He adds an artistic touch to classic techniques, however, and his work is highly regarded by connoisseurs of ceramic art.

Features:

• highly regarded Japanese ceramic from Hagi - hagiyaki 
• for tea, coffee or other beverages
• relatively low and wide mug - also suitable for matcha tea - ideal size for preparing tea with a chasen whisk
• subdued colours - brown clay and white glaze
• a milky white glaze irregularly applied to the vessel, characteristic translucence - kairagi style
• fine mesh of cracks on the glaze - will become increasingly visible with use
• Japanese wabi-sabi aesthetics
• the volume is measured to the top edge of the vessel - the ‘practical’ volume is slightly smaller

Dimensions:

• Diameter 10,5cm
• Height 8cm
• Capacity (to the upper edge) 330ml