White Porcelain Noodle Bowl

Tomoko Sakai is an artist who primarily creates smooth and soft white works using only porcelain clay, but also ambitiously works on pieces that utilize the layered texture of clay with mud slip decoration. Originally, Tomoko created earthenware using outdoor firing, but after encountering Joseon white porcelain during her training, she has been dedicated to studying and refining her white porcelain technique ever since.

Although it is a very simple white porcelain vessel, it is a work that condenses Tomoko's excellent sense of balance.

Noodle bowls can be hard to find good ones, can't they?

This size can be used as a noodle bowl, of course, but also as a donburi (rice bowl). The foot, which is not too high, cinches the beautifully curved body, and your fingers gently catch on it when you pick it up.

Diameter: approx. 18.5 cm / Height: approx. 9 cm
As this is an artist's work, there may be individual differences in glaze, color, and size.

Tomoko Sakai (Sakai Tomoko) Brief Biography
1970 Born in Kagawa Prefecture
1992 While working for a company, her hobby was walking in the satoyama (foothills). She accidentally encountered an anagama kiln in the mountains and sought out its owner, and was allowed to use the potter's wheel once a week, which was her first encounter with clay.
1994 Entered Bizen Ceramics Center
1995 Apprenticed to Naruyoshi Morioka
1997 Built an anagama kiln in Kagawa Prefecture and produced Namban Yakishime (fired unglazed ware)
2000 Moved to Suzaka City, Nagano Prefecture and produced white porcelain and kohiki (slip-glazed ware) centering on yakishime
2016 Moved to Kagawa Prefecture and built an anagama kiln and a downdraft kiln, producing yakishime, white porcelain, kohiki, and refractory items.

*After use, please wash off dirt as soon as possible and dry thoroughly.
*Not oven safe
*We do not accept returns or refunds under any circumstances. Please understand this before purchasing.