Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase for the table this one features a wonderful

this one features a wonderful graphic black and umber bird and fish design by Johanne Gerber

I picked the book

and bands of pattern around neck and base

A set of three wonderful old brushes

This plate would be striking hung on the wall

Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase for the table this one features a wonderfulThis hand thrown mushroom shaped ikebana vase is one of my very favorite objects ever, a wonderfully unusual, whimsical yet functional sculpture that could inspire and host all sorts of fantastic ikebana arrangements. Only recently did I learn through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks that it was made by Michael Cohen, a studio potter born in Boston in 1936, educated at Mass Art, and currently based in Amherst, Mass, where he continues to have a