Goma Five-Sided Matcha Bowl MAKER_Keizan Kiln With a delicate touch

With a delicate touch

the piece creates a dappled interplay of light and shadow that invites viewing in all kinds of illumination

refinement

The outside top and inside are indigo colored

capturing the beauty and purity of Japanese ceramics

Goma Five-Sided Matcha Bowl MAKER_Keizan Kiln With a delicate touchThe Goma Five Sided Matcha Bowl is a work shaped by both the artist's hand and the nature of the kiln. Rising from a pentagonal foot, the form opens into five gently flowing panels, each one extending upward with an organic rhythm that balances structure and movement. Goma is a classic of Bizen ware, its name derived from its resemblance to scattered sesame seeds. This pattern emerges as wood ash, carried upward by the kiln's draft, settles and melts