Chawan (Matcha Tea Bowl)
As I’ve been practicing the Japanese tea ceremony from early on in my life, I’ve had the chance to get to know a lot about the equipment that’s involved, including...
Ceramics
Kintsugi Workshop in Notting Hill
I have always loved Kintsugi. Those beautiful lines of Urushi lacquer, sometimes mixed with brass or gold replacing the cracks of broken pottery. It’s one of those arts that translates...
Theaster Gates and Tomoo Hamada
The weather has been so promising here recently, so we spent a great day the other weekend in Kensington Gardens, and visited the David Hockney and Cecily Brown exhibitions at...
Japanese New Year, and the Noborigama (the ‘climbing kiln’)
I spent New Year in Japan with my family and have just came back to London. It was wonderful to have the special New Year meal and some sake in...
Etsuke (ceramic painting) workshop & Gosu Japanese ceramics exhibition
As it starts getting dark by mid-afternoon, I’ve realised we are in mid-November already. But though the days are becoming shorter and chillier, we’ve got some great news to share!...
The Japanese Ceramics Exhibition
We are pleased to announce that we will be organising a Japanese ceramics exhibition at the TOTO Concept Showroom Gallery in Farringdon, from 10th to 18th July, 10:00 to 5:00,...
