Arita is the town where the history of Japanese porcelain began in 1616.
For over 400 years, countless companies have specialised in working this clay, which is one of the purest, but also one of the most difficult to work with in the world. Since then, skills and knowledge have been developed to achieve exceptional mastery of the material.
A series of objects linked to the art of the table, including goblets, plates, carafes, vases and centrepieces, are composed of essential shapes whose surfaces are sometimes left neutral, sometimes structured and/or coloured. So a very simple plate sits alongside a vase whose texture has been sculpted directly from its mould, a silent goblet is next to a centrepiece with an almost expressionist texture… Combining different production techniques, the collection is inspired by traditional Japanese tableware, which varies the shapes and colours of dishes to the extreme, while maintaining a sense of harmony.
A series of three vases inspired by certain recurring shapes were turned by hand.
Another series of vases plays on the deformation of hand-turned shapes. They are glazed in tones reminiscent of the region’s luxuriant flora.
