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Features
Brand
sobokai
Size
W87mm/ D87mm/ H68mm/ 210cc/
Material Number
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Color Shade Variations
Each piece has individual color shade variations. Affected by glazes and natural firing conditions such as changes in temperature, humidity and other climate elements and also how to receive the fire in the kiln chamber, each piece has own expression. It is really difficult to make the completed ware exactly same in color by firing and glazing even when the same materials are used. 100 pieces show 100 kinds of expressions, as it were.
Color Irregularities
There are color irregularities of applying a glaze or slip, which are different from part to part in a piece of ware. For example, some parts are glazed thinly or thickly depending on the shape of the ware. That leads to part-to-part subtle differences in appearance of the clay in a piece of ware.
Glaze or Slip Drips
The glaze or slip may look like dripping. There is unevenness of a glaze or slip when they are applied to ware by hand. There also appear glaze drips or slip drips, which are caused by the glaze or slip flows during firing.
Pinholes
Pinholes may be seen clearly on the surface. Pottery (earthenware) is mainly made from earth, and green ware contains a lot of air while biscuit firing. While glazed firing, this air inside the biscuit ware becomes air bubbles, which remain and look like small holes on the surface of the glazed part. Those small holes are called pinholes.
Crazing (Chaps)
Crazing (having chaps) may appear clearly on the glazed part. The “direct” crazing means having chaps originally. The “aging” crazing means having chaps over time as you use the tableware item. There is a difference between the shrinkage rate of the glaze and that of the clay, so crazing occurs. Note that those cracks do not come from the damage of tableware items. They might appear just before use, but it is no problem in terms of use. They appear on the surface of pottery (earthenware) and semi-porcelain.
Iron in Powder
Iron in powder may be seen clearly on the surface. Pottery (earthenware) is made from earth, which contains iron. After firing green ware, iron appears on the surface in the form of black dots. Red or black earthen clay contains much more iron, and as a result, not a little iron in powder may appear on the surface of tableware items made from this type of clay.
Light Pink Marks
Light pink marks may appear on the surface of tableware items. They appear when a component of the base clay becomes oxidized and then develops a color while fired. Interestingly, each tableware item has the “one of a kind” pattern of light pink marks because they appear depending on a variety of mixed conditions such as components of the base clay, glazes and firing settings, etc. You can enjoy the unique distinctiveness that adds to your own tableware item.
Warping
Warping in shape may be clearly seen. Ceramic ware is made out of clay, so even after formed, green ware is relatively soft and wobbly. Therefore, when it is made dry, it is affected by natural conditions such as temperature and humidity, so each piece may look different in size and shape and perhaps warping in shape may appear.
Microwave Safe
A microwave oven heats or cooks food very quickly using short electromagnetic waves, namely, microwaves. In most cases, the microwaves heat the water content of the food. However, in some cases, the microwaves concentrate on the carbonized (burnt) parts of the food, causing the temperature to rise higher than the other parts. For example, the microwaves concentrated on the carbonized (burnt) parts of stir-fried vegetables can create a large temperature difference in /on the tableware item, which may cause breakage. In addition to water content, oil content is also heated. The oil has a higher boiling point than the water, so it heats up at a higher temperature, creating a very large temperature difference between the parts that contain oil and the parts that do not, which can cause breakage.
・Never soak hot tableware in water or place it on the cold kitchen counter. Avoid rapidly heating frozen foods or putting [the cold tableware just taken out of the refrigerator] in the microwave. A rapid change in temperature will lead to “crazing” (chaps) or breakage.
※The products with gold or silver paintings, or applied with particular glazes are not microwave safe. We put a “Do Not Microwave” sticker on those items, so please confirm it.
※Accessories etc., made of other materials are excluded from microwave safe items.
Not Oven Safe
Dishwasher Safe
As for the products without the "Not Dishwasher Safe" stickers, please make sure to use them keeping the below matters in mind.
※If tableware items collide each other in the dishwasher, they will get broken.
※Most ceramic items absorb water. Even if the surface looks dry, there may still be some water in the tableware, which may cause your tableware to get moldy or smelly. So, please take it out of the dishwasher immediately after use, and dry thoroughly in a place where it can be exposed to the outside air.
Material
made in
JAPAN
Hitohana cup Image
The article featuring the Hitohana cup
一輪の花が咲いたような、凛とした姿が美しい一花。
薄づくりで繊細な口元が上品な雰囲気を醸し出しています。
アイテムは、7寸浅鉢、長角皿、カップ、小皿の全部で4種類。
7寸浅鉢に蕎麦、カップにつゆ、薬味を小皿にのせて、天ぷらは長角皿に。
夏の麺料理の器を揃えました。
直線的な形のシャープな強さと、曲線的な花形の優しく上品な雰囲気を掛け合わせたデザインです。
角と丸のどちらの要素も持ち合わせているので、
四角の器と丸の器、どちらとも自然と合い、仲介役として全体をまとめることができます。
角を立てた縁と面の切り替わりの筋が、全体の印象をキリッと引き締めます。
筋が一定の強さで下まで入ってしまうと強くなり過ぎてしまうので、
上から下、縁から内側に向かって、だんだんと薄くして自然と消えるようにしています。
色展開は白と濃藍、青の3色。
定番の白は、真っ白でなく陶器らしい表情が現れる素材です。
縁に出る焦げや、少しグレーがかった白の色味、土から現れる鉄粉などの表情、それぞれが味わいとなって魅力的です。
青と濃藍は透明感が綺麗な釉薬です。
青は釉薬の濃淡がわかりやすい色で、その違いも見て楽しめます。
また焼成の具合で現れる、少しピンクがかった部分も趣があります。
濃藍は味わい深い青緑です。
透明感があるのでジッっと見ていると引き込まれそう。
縁などの角の部分は地の白土が透け、白っぽい色になります。
また釉薬の薄い部分に焦げ目が出ることもあり、一点一点違った表情が楽しめます。
7寸浅鉢は蕎麦や素麺以外にも洋風のパスタとも相性バッチリ。
カオマンガイ、ロコモコ丼などのご飯ものにもおすすめです。
八角形の形が麻婆豆腐などの中華料理にも意外としっくりきます。
サラダや煮物の鉢としてテーブルの真ん中に一つ置いても様になります。
長角皿は切り身の焼き魚やお刺身にもぴったりで、普段の和食の食卓でも活躍します。
一汁三菜や晩酌時に活躍します。
花をモチーフにした形で華やかさもあるので、甘いスイーツをのせてもシックに見せることができますよ。
小皿の上にカップを置いた時のバランスがきれいに見えるようにしているので、
カップと小皿は、湯呑みと受け皿としても素敵に使うことができます。
上品な器なので自分用にも来客用にもいいですね。
一花が素敵な食事の時間を作り出してくれます。
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