Where the Stone Goes

Within the clay of Kasaoka Sodo, stones lie in wait. As the wheel turns, they rise to the surface — and in their rising, they shape what no intention could.

The artist speaks of an early bewilderment — these stones, unexpected, unwelcome at first. Yet it was they who led him, in time, toward a form entirely his own: the Tsubasa chawan, the winged bowl.

Not the deliberate beauty of a tea bowl broken and remade with Kintsugi as Furuta Oribe※ might have done, but rather the natural cracks born of clay and stone—these are the true landscape.

Not the deliberate beauty of Furuta Oribe, who broke a bowl and made it whole again through kintsugi — but something older, something truer. The cracks born of earth and stone, he came to believe, are the real landscape.

Not calculated ornament, but the beauty of chance — born from a dialogue between the artist and his material.

The trail of the stone as the wheel turns. The organic wings that grow from where it passed. The natural crazing that fire draws upon the surface.

All of it — every mark, every line — passes through the hands of an artist who listened to the clay, and is lifted into a wabi that carries no trace of contrivance.
Take it in your hands, and the quiet story of earth, stone, and flame will find its way to you.

※Furuta Oribe (1544–1615) — a tea master of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. A student of Sen no Rikyu, yet one who carved his own path toward a freer, bolder vision of beauty.

── About This Work ──

By honoring the raw earth in its purest form, each vessel draws forth the primal vitality that lies within the clay itself. Enriched with beneficial microorganisms and shaped through a unique process of harmonic treatment, this work transcends the merely physical. It resonates with the breath of all creation, embodying the gifts of nature in their most essential form. May its presence bring that quiet power into your space.

── About the Paulownia Box and Daily Care ──

Each work is delivered in a paulownia wood presentation box. Yet the maker’s wish is this: “Do not let it sleep within the box. Bring it out, let it be seen, and feel the energy of the vessel directly.”
It is said that sake poured into these vessels takes on a new and finer taste — as if the clay itself transforms what it holds.
Display it and feel its quiet strength. Use it and discover how it changes what you taste. In the rhythm of daily life, let yourself resonate with the vessel.