Noto Town was affected by the earthquake in 2024. Houses will be demolished, shrines and torii gates will be destroyed, and festivals will not be held this year.
Oyster fishermen and restaurant owners are working hard to resume their livelihoods. You can't imagine the future with only what you've lost. He wants to create a new Noto little by little, wondering if there is anything he can do to revitalize the town.
This mug is made with a color scheme based on the colors of Noto shops and Noto's natural colors.
This green mug has a coloring that reminds us of the sea and countryside of Noto, where pale green and light blue blur and harmonize with the natural theme of Satoumi Satoyama.
Size : Ø 80mm × H 90mm (Wide with handle 120mm)
Capacity: 280ml
*Microwave-safe / Dishwasher-safe
*There might be slight differences as each piece is handmade.
*After use, please wash as soon as possible and dry thoroughly before storing.
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A portion of the sales will be used by the potter to support Noto reconstruction through the following channels:
Ceramic Artist / Potter - ASAKA
ASAKA creates ceramics at a studio in Toki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, the birthplace of Mino ware.
His works are initially produced using a mass-production technique called ‘Ikomi,’ but he then adds personal touches to transform them into unique pieces that cannot be mass-produced. His style is modern and very stylish, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality that becomes more apparent when held in hand.
His works have been donated to the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy (MIC).
Explore his stylish pottery at (ki:ts) London shop.
Ikomi is a ceramic molding technique in which liquefied clay is poured into a plaster mold, and once the mold is removed, the shaped clay is extracted. It is an ancient method that has long been used for shaping ceramics.