Satake Yunomi IV

Premium yunomi teacup by artist Akira Satake. The tall, cylindrical shape is ideal for everyday, informal tea drinking. The cups feature distinct patterning from the wood-fired kiln and a dragon's eye from the melted wood ash.   The making of... Satake says of his work: "... the act of creation is a collaboration between myself, the clay and the fire. Collaboration means finding what the clay wants to be and bringing out its beauty in the way that the beauty of our surroundings is created through natural forces. Undulations in the sand that has been moved by the wind, rock formations caused by landslides, the crackle, and patina in the wall of an old house; all these owe their special beauty to the random hand of Nature. The fire is the ultimate random part of the collaborative equation. I hope the fire will be my ally, but I know it will always transform the clay in ways I cannot anticipate."   About Akira Satake Born in Osaka, Japan, Akira Satake moved to the U.S. in 1981 wher