Onta Ware Hakeme Round Tea Cup - Dark Green / 小鹿田焼 湯呑み n18.12.25 depicting power

depicting power

The depth of colour and texture invites you to pause

■ Size: 8 × 8

from the delicate outlining in red to the layered tones of green

With both eyes clear and bright

Onta Ware Hakeme Round Tea Cup - Dark Green / 小鹿田焼 湯呑み n18.12.25 depicting powerTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.