Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Camellia This soba choko cup has

This soba choko cup has a beautiful lotus petal-shaped rim

The bowl’s scalloped rim and intricate patterns give it a refined presence

for side dishes

characteristic of Usuki ware

The blue pigment is carefully layered onto the base color

Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Camellia This soba choko cup hasA mysterious plant that lives forever. In this objet dart, Alyne Ohigashi imaginatively draws on her knowledge of plant biology to create a fantastical botanical sculpture. Making the invisible visible, its texture is inspired by a tropical fruit exposing its seeds and by chlorophyll, but it might also be likened to a cactus or parts of a flower. This intriguing ambiguity rewards repeated viewing. It is sculpted out of Tobe porcelain, a difficult